Moscow vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$730	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$374
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	96	56
😀 Quality of life	74	57
🏙️ Population	13.1M	2.42M

The cost of living in Moscow is 76% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4359th and 6861st ($1244 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Russia and Brazil, respectively. Check Russia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 1187th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Salvador

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	Moscow	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677