Moscow vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$612	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$477
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	95
😀 Quality of life	74	63
🏙️ Population	13M	11.5M

The cost of living in Moscow is 6% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 5091st and 5616th ($1075 vs $1012) 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 1280th and 4573rd 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	$8.34	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$13135

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629