Moscow vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Soweto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$1598
🏠 One person rent	$542	$511
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$89.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$1509
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	96	62
😀 Quality of life	73	44
🏙️ Population	12.5M	1.27M

The cost of living in Moscow is 17% more expensive than in Soweto. Cities ranked 5167th and 6110th ($1021 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Russia and South Africa, respectively. Check Russia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Soweto. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Soweto ranked 9th in South Africa, while ranked 1608th and 6750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Soweto

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	Moscow	Soweto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.33	$5.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$25.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$3.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$379
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$57.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$88.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$34
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	11.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$731
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$624
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$9.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$12.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$2.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$43.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$202
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$2867

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$908
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$776
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$889
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$637
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$755
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$631
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$783
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$751
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$845
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$746
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$701
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$866
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$682
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$719
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$631
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$656
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$633
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$603
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$558
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$739
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$535
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$447
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$511
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$753
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$511
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$554
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$978
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1084
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$780
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$550
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$952