Moscow vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2066
🏠 One person rent	$730	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$31.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$461
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	31
😀 Quality of life	74	54
🏙️ Population	13.1M	120K

The cost of living in Moscow is 59% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 4359th and 6518th ($1244 vs $781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Russia and Thailand, respectively. Check Russia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Pattaya ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 1187th and 5997th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Pattaya

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	Moscow	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$29.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$8.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1152
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$679
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$47.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$71.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	5.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2486
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1693
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$17.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$12.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$2.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$41
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$7.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$29.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$93.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$8876

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$752
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$685
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$753
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$941
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$656
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$715
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$595
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$573
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$576
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$644
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$777
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$705
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$596
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$563
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$721
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$543
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$634
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$610
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$508