Moscow vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$730	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$1842
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	92
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	13.1M	2.75M

The cost of living in Moscow is 28% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 4359th and 2624th ($1244 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and Italy, respectively. Check Russia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 1187th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Rome

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	Moscow	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$9864

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201