Moscow vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$730	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$777
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	74	77
🏙️ Population	13.1M	6.26M

The cost of living in Moscow is 10% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 4359th and 4686th ($1244 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Chile, respectively. Check Russia vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 1187th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Santiago

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	Moscow	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$8040

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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 Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$875
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$930
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$759
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$720
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$798
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$827
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$833
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$832
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1074
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$874
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$805
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$920
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$765
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$812
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$823
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$815
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$790
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$835
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$511
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$860
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$768
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$735
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$642
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$807
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$814
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$731
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$750
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$671
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$902
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$810
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$722
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$800
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$762
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$710
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$793
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$791
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$786
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$680
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$731