Moscow vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5778
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1504
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2234
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$732
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.6M

The cost of living in Moscow is 44% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 4141st and 744th ($1438 vs $2584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 660th 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 25th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 95th 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	$12.3	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$95.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$3243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$2372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$4.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$8.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$4.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$3.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$85.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$2021
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$15283

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886