Moscow vs Portland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Portland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$2579
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$6206
🏠 One person rent	$542	$1561
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$2793
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$659
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$4648
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	89
😀 Quality of life	73	88
🏙️ Population	12.5M	653K

The cost of living in Moscow is 60% less expensive than in Portland. Cities ranked 5167th and 564th ($1021 vs $2579) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 507th 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 1.8 months in Portland. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Portland ranked 40th in the United States, while ranked 1608th and 175th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Portland

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	Moscow	Portland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.33	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$79.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$7.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$3075
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$2348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$230
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$69.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$4914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$3836
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$3.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$5.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$5.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$10.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$5.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$167
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$29.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$63.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$1698
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$19330

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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 Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2409
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2383
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2341
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2324
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2168
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2366
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2335
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2477
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2372
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2203
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2315
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2246
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2455
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2300
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2262
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2259
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$1988
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2245
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2118
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2239
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2470
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$2052
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2281
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2546
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2500
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2402
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2704
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2461
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1940
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2733
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2652
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2830
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2928
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2587
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2597
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1881
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2827
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2549
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2463