Moscow vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4845
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1197
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1925
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$531
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3655
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	74	98
🏙️ Population	13.1M	2.14M

The cost of living in Moscow is 40% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 4359th and 1654th ($1244 vs $2075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Russia and Australia, respectively. Check Russia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.8 months in Perth. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Perth ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 1187th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Perth

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	Moscow	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$8.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1602
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$91.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$139
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$4862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$9.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$4.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$20.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$55.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1852
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$11252

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1669
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645