Moscow vs Portland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Portland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2629
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$6215
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2656
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$680
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$4810
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	88
😀 Quality of life	74	90
🏙️ Population	13.1M	653K

The cost of living in Moscow is 53% less expensive than in Portland. Cities ranked 4359th and 603rd ($1244 vs $2629) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 553rd 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 34th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 157th 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	$9.55	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2917
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2257
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$3766
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3350
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$14.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$7.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$187
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$32.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$16585

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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 Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2390
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2415
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2508
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2437
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2465
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2425
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2432
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2484
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2420
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2341
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2410
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2353
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2585
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2379
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2361
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2368
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$2095
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2119
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2029
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2206
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2523
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$1967
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2174
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2571
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2406
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2460
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2604
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2449
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1744
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2644
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2604
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2517
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2796
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2532
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2338
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1882
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2784
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2623
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2741