Moscow vs San Francisco - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	San Francisco
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$3729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$8827
🏠 One person rent	$542	$2575
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$4722
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$762
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$7332
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	96	97
😀 Quality of life	73	95
🏙️ Population	12.5M	874K

The cost of living in Moscow is 73% less expensive than in San Francisco. Cities ranked 5167th and 12th ($1021 vs $3729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 Francisco. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Francisco ranked 4th in the United States, while ranked 1608th and 29th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs San Francisco

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	Moscow	San Francisco
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.33	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$87.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$8.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$2705
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$2296
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$5169
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$4274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$62.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$11456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$10309
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$96.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$4.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$6.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$5.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$95.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$26.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$62.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$2657
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$31490

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near San Francisco

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Daly	$3133
14 km or 8.4 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
14 km or 8.8 mi	Alameda	$3358
15 km or 9.2 mi	Oakland	$3123
16 km or 10 mi	Albany	$2965
17 km or 10 mi	Berkeley	$3127
17 km or 11 mi	San Bruno	$3147
18 km or 11 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
18 km or 11 mi	Pacifica	$3135
19 km or 12 mi	Richmond	$3042
20 km or 12 mi	Millbrae	$3163
21 km or 13 mi	San Pablo	$3046
22 km or 14 mi	Burlingame	$3219
24 km or 15 mi	San Leandro	$2969
24 km or 15 mi	San Rafael	$4148
26 km or 16 mi	San Mateo	$3583
28 km or 17 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
28 km or 18 mi	Foster	$3518
29 km or 18 mi	Lafayette	$2840
29 km or 18 mi	Hercules	$2968
31 km or 19 mi	Belmont	$3567
32 km or 20 mi	Hayward	$2660
32 km or 20 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
34 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3300
34 km or 21 mi	Walnut Creek	$2876
36 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3389
37 km or 23 mi	Martinez	$2697
37 km or 23 mi	Danville	$2929
37 km or 23 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2782
38 km or 24 mi	Union	$2922
39 km or 24 mi	San Ramon	$2860
39 km or 24 mi	Vallejo	$2900
39 km or 24 mi	Novato	$3195
39 km or 24 mi	Benicia	$2824
41 km or 25 mi	Concord	$2947
42 km or 26 mi	Menlo Park	$3313
42 km or 26 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
43 km or 27 mi	Newark	$3003
45 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3109
46 km or 28 mi	Palo Alto	$3733