Moscow vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$864	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	95
😀 Quality of life	73	69
🏙️ Population	13.3M	11.5M

The cost of living in Moscow is 37% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4141st and 5192nd ($1438 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Brazil, respectively. Check Russia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 2664th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Sao Paulo

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	Moscow	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$15428

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666