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

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$3674
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$8354
🏠 One person rent	$612	$2553
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$4614
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$756
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$6972
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	87
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	13M	1.01M

The cost of living in Moscow is 71% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 5091st and 13th ($1075 vs $3674) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th 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 1.9 months in San Jose, United States. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Jose, United States ranked 9th in the United States, while ranked 1280th and 57th 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	$8.34	$25.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$99.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$9.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$3.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$2518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$2244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$4974
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$4085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$76.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$11099
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$11117
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$90.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$6.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$4.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$151
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1894
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$23974

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3322
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3417
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4181
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3147
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3083
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2799
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3305
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3220
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3085
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3610
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3094
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3159
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3010
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2986
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3584
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3433
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3442
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3578
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3118
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3085
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3527
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3804
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3473
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2981
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3091
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3672
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3023
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3293
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2851
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3224
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$2922
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3196
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3274
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2250
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3146