Moscow vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$4604
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1208
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$1789
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4089
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	81
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.43M

The cost of living in Moscow is 23% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 3728th and 1874th ($1585 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1483rd 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Antonio ranked 42nd in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 170th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs San Antonio

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	Moscow	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$1847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1394
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$75.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$4289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$1889
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$37.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$8.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$96.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$17470

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2175
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2200
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2237
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2165
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2444
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2187
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2125
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2226
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1991
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2029
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1009
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1706
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2153
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1883
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2016
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1736
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1017
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$802
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$2000
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1913
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2285
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2094
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2762
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2112
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2112
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1836
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2150
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2150