Moscow vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$3810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$8485
🏠 One person rent	$730	$2688
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$4744
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$759
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$6191
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	87
😀 Quality of life	74	92
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.01M

The cost of living in Moscow is 67% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 4359th and 8th ($1244 vs $3810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 1.6 months in San Jose, United States. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Jose, United States ranked 11th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 82nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs San Jose, United States

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	Moscow	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$100
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$2643
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$2388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$5083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$4230
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$179
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$274
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$69.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$9512
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$9578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$90.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$4.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$6.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$6.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$7.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$129
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$149
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1805
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$25839

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968