Moscow vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	82
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	13.3M	468K

The cost of living in Moscow is 32% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 3728th and 1246th ($1585 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1054th 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Raleigh ranked 64th in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 245th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Raleigh

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	Moscow	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$24650

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736