Moscow vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$730	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$252
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	1
😀 Quality of life	74	22
🏙️ Population	13.1M	65.5K

The cost of living in Moscow is 38% more expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 4359th and 6047th ($1244 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Russia vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 1187th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Sao Tome

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	Moscow	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$3685

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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 Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590