Moscow vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$730	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$718
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	96	7
😀 Quality of life	74	53
🏙️ Population	13.1M	77.6K

The cost of living in Moscow is 32% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4359th and 5827th ($1244 vs $940) 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 0.8 months in Phuket. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 1187th and 6063rd 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	$9.55	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$13013

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810