Moscow vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$864	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$5254
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	96	86
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.39M

The cost of living in Moscow is 59% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4141st and 43rd ($1438 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd 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 1.5 months in San Diego. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs San Diego

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	Moscow	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$28967

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782