Moscow vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$2965
🏠 One person rent	$542	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$1625
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$28.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$545
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	96	7
😀 Quality of life	73	55
🏙️ Population	12.5M	77.6K

The cost of living in Moscow is 17% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 5167th and 6130th ($1021 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and Thailand, respectively. Check Russia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Phuket. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Phuket ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 1608th and 5986th 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	$8.33	$4.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$2.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$66.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$2078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$2.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$3.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$57.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$8.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$4.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$13219

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$653
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$739
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$554
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$642
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$496
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$520
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$642
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$487
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$702
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$453
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$566
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$578
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$472
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$638
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$550
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$483
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$571
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$614
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$653
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$665
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$553
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$582
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$614
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743