Moscow vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.4M

The cost of living in Moscow is 17% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3728th and 2387th ($1585 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3206th and 285th 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	$13.2	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$17389

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383