Moscow vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$6534
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1660
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2910
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$228
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4686
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	96	92
😀 Quality of life	72	96
🏙️ Population	13.3M	548K

The cost of living in Moscow is 41% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 3728th and 570th ($1585 vs $2701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Russia and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Russia vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.7 months in The Hague. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs The Hague ranked 1st in the Netherlands, while ranked 3206th and 7th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs The Hague

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	Moscow	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$21.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$95.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$3.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1617
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2982
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$228
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$50.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	3.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$6522
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$4901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$126
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$4.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$7.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$46.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$2756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$13755

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2471
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2481
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2389
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2258
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2348
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2403
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1907
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2822
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2332
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2383
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3203
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2669
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2636
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$2110
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2264
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2457
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2223
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2206
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2295
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2383
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2440
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2369
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2471
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2338
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2340
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2721
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2337
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2132
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1770
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1822
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1848
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1512
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2360
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2172
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1730
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1857
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1849
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2409
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1734