Moscow vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5854
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1514
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2239
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$740
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4328
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	72	92
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.6M

The cost of living in Moscow is 39% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 3728th and 742nd ($1585 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 648th in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Philadelphia ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Philadelphia

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	Moscow	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1612
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1201
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1810
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$72.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$3762
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$1992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$4.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$8.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$6.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$3.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$60.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$49
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$2195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$17603

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2612
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2604
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2699
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2636
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2412
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2632
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2572
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2626
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2493
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2549
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2609
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2600
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2612
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2350
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2639
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2639
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2793
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2445
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2392
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2541
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2520
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2315
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2668
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2603
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2207
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2648
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3077
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2609
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2740
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2802
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2835
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2753
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2835
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2301
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2933
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2171
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2684
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2801