Moscow vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$4931
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1336
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2192
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$560
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$4224
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	81
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	13M	1.43M

The cost of living in Moscow is 51% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 5091st and 1380th ($1075 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1203rd 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 1.9 months in San Antonio. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Antonio ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 1280th and 118th 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	$8.34	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2336
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1818
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$6015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$2228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$49.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$4.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$3.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$42.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1127
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$10912

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2155
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2156
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2177
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2226
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2071
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2473
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2232
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2250
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2211
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2145
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2194
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2231
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2097
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2006
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2037
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$734
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1749
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2186
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1885
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2024
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1856
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$765
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$545
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1890
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1764
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2151
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2223
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2164
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2143
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2734
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2063
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2692
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2248
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1798
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2080
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2137