Moscow vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$6742
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	80
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	13.1M	737K

The cost of living in Moscow is 59% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4359th and 158th ($1244 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Seattle

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	Moscow	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093