Moscow vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$730	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$550
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	96	5
😀 Quality of life	74	34
🏙️ Population	13.1M	115K

The cost of living in Moscow is 195% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4359th and 8915th ($1244 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and Bhutan, respectively. Check Russia vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 1187th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Thimphu

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	Moscow	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300