Moscow vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$864	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	96	7
😀 Quality of life	73	57
🏙️ Population	13.3M	77.6K

The cost of living in Moscow is 42% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4141st and 5469th ($1438 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Thailand, respectively. Check Russia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 2664th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Phuket

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	Moscow	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866