Moscow vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$376
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$904
🏠 One person rent	$612	$144
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$241
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$125
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$57.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$187
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	67
😀 Quality of life	74	31
🏙️ Population	13M	2.1M

The cost of living in Moscow is 186% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5091st and 9038th ($1075 vs $376) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Russia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.5 months in Rawalpindi. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Rawalpindi ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 1280th and 7946th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Rawalpindi

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	Moscow	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$1.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$9.23
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$117
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$77.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$253
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$135
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$68.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	20.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$482
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$5.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$4.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$4.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$1.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$7.35
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$3.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$12.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$31.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$1015

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$439
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$323
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$328
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$372
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$277
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$354
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$330
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$374
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$338
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$456
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$335
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$344
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$280
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$373
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$308
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$319
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$406
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$358
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$344
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$312
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$500
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$407
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$441
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$310
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$378
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$469
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$599
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$358
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$360
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$430
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$371
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$476
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$397
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$286