Moscow vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$2106
🏠 One person rent	$864	$453
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$45.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$280
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	73	56
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.96M

The cost of living in Moscow is 70% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4141st and 6476th ($1438 vs $844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.3 months in Tashkent. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 2664th and 6210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Tashkent

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	Moscow	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$33.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$591
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	22.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$9.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$9729

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$754
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$620
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$525
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$603
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$650
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$600
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$658
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$562
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$648
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$680
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$674
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$445
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$468
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$451
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$475
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$712
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$615
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$512
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$433
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$743
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$501
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$428
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$613
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$573
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$432
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$651
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$787