Moscow vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3371
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	95
😀 Quality of life	74	95
🏙️ Population	13.1M	985K

The cost of living in Moscow is 39% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 4359th and 1732nd ($1244 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Sweden, respectively. Check Russia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 1187th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Stockholm

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	Moscow	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$5804

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331