Moscow vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2915
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$5968
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1781
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2749
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$832
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$88.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3918
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	53
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	13M	140K

The cost of living in Moscow is 63% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5091st and 204th ($1075 vs $2915) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Iceland, respectively. Check Russia vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 1280th and 189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Reykjavik

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	Moscow	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$125
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$18.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$11.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$3.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1809
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1626
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2822
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2552
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$44.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$68.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	8.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$6498
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$5311
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$4.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$77.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$2.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$3.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$21.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$37.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$3.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$71.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$84.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$47.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$155
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$6167

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2371
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2602
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2091
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2300
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1913
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1830
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1459
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1491
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1599
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1647
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1625
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1793
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1710
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2013
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1545
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1650
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1573
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1793
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1420
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1744
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1830
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1467
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1805
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1657
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2427
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1930
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1390
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2125
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1969
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1752
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2492
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2161