Moscow vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$3154
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$7508
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$3422
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$796
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$6532
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	80
😀 Quality of life	72	95
🏙️ Population	13.3M	737K

The cost of living in Moscow is 50% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 3728th and 142nd ($1585 vs $3154) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 101st 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 2.1 months in Seattle. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Seattle ranked 5th in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 32nd 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	$13.2	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$96.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$14.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$7.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$6.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$2110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1647
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$3872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2891
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$262
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$72.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$7394
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$5077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$4.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$6.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$20.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$6.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$17.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$6.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$83.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$69.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$2521
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$28950

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3292
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$3041
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2681
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2717
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2778
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2604
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3559
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2702
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2737
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2915
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2739
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2677
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2475
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2814
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2656
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2325
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2641
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2519
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2720
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2828
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2582
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2628
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2362
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2584
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2558
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2710
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2747
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2173