Moscow vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$730	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$522
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	74	55
🏙️ Population	13.1M	2.96M

The cost of living in Moscow is 46% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4359th and 6253rd ($1244 vs $853) 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 1187th and 5872nd 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	$9.55	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785