Moscow vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$2390
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$5218
🏠 One person rent	$542	$1517
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$2491
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$4557
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	69
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	12.5M	1.61M

The cost of living in Moscow is 57% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 5167th and 864th ($1021 vs $2390) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 780th 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.9 months in Phoenix. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Phoenix ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 1608th and 127th 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	$8.33	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$69
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$1436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$1252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$2542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$241
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$73.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$3451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$2894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$65.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$3.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$9.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$4.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$105
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$20.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$48.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$977
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$10488

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$2339
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2459
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2405
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2381
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2315
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2425
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2485
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2428
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2347
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2427
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2392
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2379
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2414
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2341
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2324
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2275
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2244
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2105
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$2042
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2076
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2692
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1828
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$2008
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2043
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$874
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1941
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$953
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1777
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1886
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$865
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2687
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$1054
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2706