Moscow vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5902
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1726
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2981
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$666
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$99.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	68
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	13.3M	385K

The cost of living in Moscow is 45% less expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 4141st and 658th ($1438 vs $2634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 582nd in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in Tampa. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tampa ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Tampa

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	Moscow	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$80.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$3364
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$2587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$80.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$5.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$6.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$83.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$14367

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2478
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2453
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2454
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2443
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2437
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2103
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2579
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2577
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2433
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2106
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2334
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2354
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2410
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2347
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2290
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2749
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2155
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2227
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2317
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2698
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2491
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2255
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2357
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1726
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2336
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2473
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2296
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2378
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2351
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1919
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2320
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2304
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2230
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2294