Moscow vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$824
🏠 One person rent	$730	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$190
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	96	48
😀 Quality of life	74	40
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.97M

The cost of living in Moscow is 259% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4359th and 9093rd ($1244 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Russia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 1187th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Peshawar

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	Moscow	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596