Moscow vs San Francisco - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	San Francisco
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$3781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$8717
🏠 One person rent	$612	$2600
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$4501
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$806
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$7795
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	96	97
😀 Quality of life	74	97
🏙️ Population	13M	874K

The cost of living in Moscow is 72% less expensive than in San Francisco. Cities ranked 5091st and 9th ($1075 vs $3781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 2.1 months in San Francisco. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Francisco ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 1280th and 12th 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	$8.34	$22.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$103
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$8.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$2707
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$2324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$5024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$4030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$61.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$11577
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$11019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$96.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$5.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$6.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$22.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$6.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$5.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$5.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$17.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$2916
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$31050

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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 Francisco

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Daly	$3180
14 km or 8.4 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
14 km or 8.8 mi	Alameda	$3274
15 km or 9.2 mi	Oakland	$3146
16 km or 10 mi	Albany	$2940
17 km or 10 mi	Berkeley	$3082
17 km or 11 mi	San Bruno	$3196
18 km or 11 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
18 km or 11 mi	Pacifica	$3152
19 km or 12 mi	Richmond	$3053
20 km or 12 mi	Millbrae	$3224
21 km or 13 mi	San Pablo	$3048
22 km or 14 mi	Burlingame	$3293
24 km or 15 mi	San Leandro	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Rafael	$4155
26 km or 16 mi	San Mateo	$3672
28 km or 17 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
28 km or 18 mi	Foster	$3473
29 km or 18 mi	Lafayette	$2831
29 km or 18 mi	Hercules	$2949
31 km or 19 mi	Belmont	$3804
32 km or 20 mi	Hayward	$2981
32 km or 20 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
34 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3442
34 km or 21 mi	Walnut Creek	$2874
36 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3584
37 km or 23 mi	Martinez	$2714
37 km or 23 mi	Danville	$2922
37 km or 23 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2767
38 km or 24 mi	Union	$2986
39 km or 24 mi	San Ramon	$2851
39 km or 24 mi	Vallejo	$2885
39 km or 24 mi	Novato	$3176
39 km or 24 mi	Benicia	$2845
41 km or 25 mi	Concord	$2726
42 km or 26 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
42 km or 26 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
43 km or 27 mi	Newark	$3010
45 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3091
46 km or 28 mi	Palo Alto	$3610