Moscow vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	81
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.43M

The cost of living in Moscow is 29% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 4141st and 1930th ($1438 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1571st 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 34th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 124th 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	$12.3	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$15049

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154