Moscow vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1890
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$4601
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$1904
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$512
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3306
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	96	87
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	13.3M	518K

The cost of living in Moscow is 24% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 4141st and 2353rd ($1438 vs $1890) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 149th 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sheffield ranked 20th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 2664th and 148th 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	$12.3	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$799
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1813
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$4352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$3110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$3.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$7.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$73
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1226
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$24382

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851