Moscow vs Port Vila - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Port Vila
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2349
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$4649
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1577
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2409
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$556
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	1
😀 Quality of life	74	50
🏙️ Population	13M	49K

The cost of living in Moscow is 54% less expensive than in Port Vila. Cities ranked 5091st and 1015th ($1075 vs $2349) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and Vanuatu, respectively. Check Russia vs Vanuatu comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.2 months in Port Vila. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Port Vila ranked 1st in Vanuatu, while ranked 1280th and 6199th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Port Vila

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	Moscow	Port Vila
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$4.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1665
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1329
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2955
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2003
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$115
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	8.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$3472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$2081
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$8.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$18.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$5.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$5.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$62.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$42.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$46.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$6310

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$3054
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1700
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1693
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1755
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$901
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$603
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$921
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$898
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1459
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1464
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$596
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$596
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$963
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$961
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1754
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1925
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2141
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2491
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$629
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1877
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1531
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$661
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$661
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$521
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1289
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2205
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1848
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1939
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1634