Moscow vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$799
🏠 One person rent	$542	$128
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$227
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$119
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$138
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	67
😀 Quality of life	73	35
🏙️ Population	12.5M	2.1M

The cost of living in Moscow is 209% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5167th and 9155th ($1021 vs $331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th 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 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Rawalpindi ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 1608th and 7850th 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	$8.33	$1.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$8.01
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$3.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$90.1
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$71.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$222
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$136
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$60.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$714
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$6.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$3.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$3.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$0.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$1.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$0.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$7.87
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$3.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$4.55
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$1.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$12.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$43.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$36
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$1496

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$389
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$238
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$278
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$335
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$281
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$311
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$277
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$307
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$352
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$393
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$330
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$303
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$298
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$399
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$240
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$344
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$268
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$289
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$386
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$347
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$364
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$337
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$260
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$508
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$399
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$423
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$290
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$394
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$449
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$567
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$328
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$338
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$448
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$307
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$455
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$401
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$282