Moscow vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5236
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1406
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2208
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4277
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	70
😀 Quality of life	73	91
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.61M

The cost of living in Moscow is 39% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 4141st and 1184th ($1438 vs $2340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1035th 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 1.8 months in Phoenix. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Phoenix ranked 52nd in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Phoenix

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	Moscow	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$76
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$6.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1511
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1799
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$230
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$4621
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$3554
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$63.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$14.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$5.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$38.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$16644

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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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1977
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2344
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2448
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2322
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2417
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2523
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2353
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2349
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2447
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2365
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2320
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2466
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2348
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2084
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1940
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2757
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1760
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1883
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2095
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$727
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1911
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1855
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$881
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2751
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$945
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2766