Moscow vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$4114
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	81
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.43M

The cost of living in Moscow is 39% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 4359th and 1745th ($1244 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1531st 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 2 months in San Antonio. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 117th 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	$9.55	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133