Moscow vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$4579
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	13.1M	525K

The cost of living in Moscow is 56% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 4359th and 313th ($1244 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 277th in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Sacramento

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	Moscow	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045