Moscow vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2219
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$4999
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1371
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2182
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$539
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3835
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	74	94
🏙️ Population	13M	664K

The cost of living in Moscow is 52% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 5091st and 1336th ($1075 vs $2219) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Russia and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Russia vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Rotterdam. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Rotterdam ranked 4th in the Netherlands, while ranked 1280th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Rotterdam

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	Moscow	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$68.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$6.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2175
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	3.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$5393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$3725
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$4.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$83.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$2.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$11.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1741
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$10888

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2034
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1991
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2053
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2094
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1987
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2010
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2228
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2039
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1750
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2246
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2373
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$1985
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2375
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1865
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2859
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2180
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2170
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2046
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1953
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1968
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2072
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2076
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2064
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1916
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1975
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1762
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$1831
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1709
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1782
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1921
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1611
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2017
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1442
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592