Moscow vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5110
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1348
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2367
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$3072
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	79
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	13.3M	568K

The cost of living in Moscow is 29% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 3728th and 1407th ($1585 vs $2237) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.4 months in Surrey. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Surrey ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 3206th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Surrey

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	Moscow	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$73
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1369
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2055
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$62.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	5.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$9861
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$8816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$128
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$23.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$14.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$8.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$85.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$22.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$894
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$12497

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2457
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2361
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2054
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2540
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2240
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2526
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1865
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2190
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2173
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2128
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2470
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2710
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2628
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2641
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2739
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2778
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2737
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1872
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2702
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$3041
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3559
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3154
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2475
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3292
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2915
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2798