Moscow vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3578
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	34
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	13.1M	543K

The cost of living in Moscow is 36% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 4359th and 1962nd ($1244 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1679th 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Tucson

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	Moscow	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262