Moscow vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$1865
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	92
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	13M	1.38M

The cost of living in Moscow is 34% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5091st and 3084th ($1075 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Russia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1280th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Prague

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	Moscow	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141