Moscow vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$2407
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$5259
🏠 One person rent	$542	$1528
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$2705
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$588
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$3089
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	96	80
😀 Quality of life	73	80
🏙️ Population	12.5M	518K

The cost of living in Moscow is 58% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 5167th and 831st ($1021 vs $2407) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Surrey. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Surrey ranked 22nd in Canada, while ranked 1608th and 457th 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	$8.33	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$59.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$1513
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$1360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$3165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$2363
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	7.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$11457
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$10205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$135
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$7.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$15.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$8.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$90.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$7382

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2595
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2329
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2034
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2564
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2255
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2529
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2251
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1455
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2141
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2210
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2134
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2445
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2576
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2585
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2604
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2837
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$3118
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2729
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1721
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2728
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2920
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3262
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$2974
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2313
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3345
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2758
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2651