Moscow vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$2831
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	96	87
😀 Quality of life	74	90
🏙️ Population	13.1M	518K

The cost of living in Moscow is 30% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 4359th and 2490th ($1244 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 147th in Russia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Russia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1187th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Sheffield

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	Moscow	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750