Moscow vs San Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	San Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2687
🏠 One person rent	$730	$656
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$363
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$85.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$418
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	42
😀 Quality of life	74	50
🏙️ Population	13.1M	316K

The cost of living in Moscow is 3% more expensive than in San Salvador. Cities ranked 4359th and 4469th ($1244 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and El Salvador, respectively. Check Russia vs El Salvador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.3 months in San Salvador. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs San Salvador ranked 1st in El Salvador, while ranked 1187th and 6219th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs San Salvador

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	Moscow	San Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$736
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$95.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$36
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	9.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$5642

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soyapango	$1182
11 km or 6.8 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
11 km or 7 mi	Apopa	$1160
49 km or 30 mi	Santa Ana	$698
57 km or 35 mi	Sonsonate	$884
75 km or 46 mi	Ahuachapan	$1449
89 km or 55 mi	Usulutan	$1083
112 km or 69 mi	San Miguel	$1088
135 km or 84 mi	Jalapa	$936
172 km or 107 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Guatemala City	$1070
185 km or 115 mi	Mixco	$653
187 km or 116 mi	Comayagua	$753
219 km or 136 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
220 km or 137 mi	Villanueva	$897
235 km or 146 mi	Coban	$916
236 km or 147 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1047
237 km or 147 mi	La Lima	$897
241 km or 150 mi	Panajachel	$819
241 km or 150 mi	El Progreso	$903
250 km or 156 mi	Choloma	$719
253 km or 157 mi	Chinandega	$638
266 km or 165 mi	Mazatenango	$886
273 km or 170 mi	Yoro	$755
277 km or 172 mi	Puerto Cortes	$788
281 km or 174 mi	Quetzaltenango	$784
282 km or 175 mi	Momostenango	$881
287 km or 178 mi	Leon	$632
315 km or 196 mi	Esteli	$598
347 km or 216 mi	La Ceiba	$626
352 km or 219 mi	Jinotega	$455
357 km or 222 mi	Tapachula	$632
361 km or 224 mi	Managua	$738
365 km or 227 mi	Matagalpa	$624
367 km or 228 mi	Flores	$878
385 km or 239 mi	San Ignacio	$1034
387 km or 240 mi	Masaya	$710
397 km or 247 mi	Belmopan	$973
402 km or 250 mi	Granada	$701