Moscow vs Suva - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Suva
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$891
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$829
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$23.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$381
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	96	26
😀 Quality of life	72	61
🏙️ Population	13.3M	88.3K

The cost of living in Moscow is 88% more expensive than in Suva. Cities ranked 3277th and 6307th ($1678 vs $891) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Russia and Fiji, respectively. Check Russia vs Fiji comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 0.4 months in Suva. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Suva ranked 1st in Fiji, while ranked 2774th and 5753rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/moscow/suva.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Moscow vs Suva infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/moscow/suva" target="_blank">Moscow vs Suva - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Moscow vs Suva

Prices for goods and services in Moscow and Suva are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Moscow	Suva
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$6.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$7.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$3.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$1.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$646
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$1178
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$58.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	7.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$1344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$4.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$8.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$33.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$72.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$13584

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Suva

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nasinu	$910
114 km or 71 mi	Nadi	$1095
118 km or 73 mi	Lautoka	$680
745 km or 463 mi	Nukualofa	$1032
755 km or 469 mi	Mua	$1033
1072 km or 666 mi	Vaiaku	$714
1073 km or 667 mi	Funafuti	$714
1073 km or 667 mi	Port Vila	$2036
1112 km or 691 mi	Manase	$790
1145 km or 711 mi	Apia	$789
1233 km or 766 mi	Luganville	$2020
1328 km or 825 mi	Dumbea	$1844
1332 km or 827 mi	Noumea	$1911
1335 km or 830 mi	Paita	$1851
1997 km or 1241 mi	Whangarei	$1239
2086 km or 1296 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
2112 km or 1312 mi	Auckland	$2100
2121 km or 1318 mi	Waitakere	$1752
2125 km or 1320 mi	Manukau	$1553
2148 km or 1335 mi	Pukekohe	$1530
2180 km or 1355 mi	Auki	$1491
2185 km or 1358 mi	Tauranga	$1660
2206 km or 1371 mi	Hamilton	$1424
2216 km or 1377 mi	Honiara	$1502
2234 km or 1388 mi	Rotorua	$1259
2253 km or 1400 mi	South Tarawa	$526
2283 km or 1419 mi	Gisborne	$1647
2297 km or 1427 mi	Taupo	$1475
2306 km or 1433 mi	Avarua	$1075
2325 km or 1445 mi	Yaren	$788
2364 km or 1469 mi	New Plymouth	$1261
2379 km or 1478 mi	Napier	$1653
2397 km or 1490 mi	Hastings	$1503
2446 km or 1520 mi	Whanganui	$1400
2486 km or 1545 mi	Palmerston North	$1395
2553 km or 1586 mi	Masterton	$1440
2554 km or 1587 mi	Paraparaumu	$1709
2578 km or 1602 mi	Upper Hutt	$1751
2580 km or 1603 mi	Porirua	$1803
2589 km or 1608 mi	Lower Hutt	$1869