Moscow vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3493
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	13.1M	664K

The cost of living in Moscow is 47% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 4359th and 1038th ($1244 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 1187th and 68th 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	$9.55	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514