Moscow vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1930
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$4538
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1129
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$1921
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$3744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	33
😀 Quality of life	72	84
🏙️ Population	13.3M	543K

The cost of living in Moscow is 18% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 3728th and 2278th ($1585 vs $1930) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1724th 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tucson ranked 164th in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 490th 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	$13.2	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$876
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$1996
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$2502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$92.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$87.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$15659

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2110
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$776
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2444
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2227
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2396
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2381
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2298
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2435
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2357
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2359
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2338
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1961
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2345
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2324
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2312
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$890
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2316
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1764
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1919
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2798
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2190