Moscow vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$4315
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	74	100
🏙️ Population	13.1M	4.84M

The cost of living in Moscow is 51% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4359th and 745th ($1244 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Australia, respectively. Check Russia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 1187th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Sydney

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	Moscow	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683