Moscow vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$2741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$6649
🏠 One person rent	$542	$1620
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$3006
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$408
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$3743
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	73	98
🏙️ Population	12.5M	4.84M

The cost of living in Moscow is 63% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5167th and 318th ($1021 vs $2741) 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 1.4 months in Sydney. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 1608th and 3rd 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	$8.33	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$69.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$6.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$1859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$1319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$3954
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$53.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$17057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$10833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$8.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$5.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$28.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$55.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$21.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$2005
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$17934

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816