Moscow vs Tulsa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Tulsa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4437
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1057
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1765
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$72.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3450
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	74	85
🏙️ Population	13.1M	413K

The cost of living in Moscow is 33% less expensive than in Tulsa. Cities ranked 4359th and 2250th ($1244 vs $1851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1871st 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 1.9 months in Tulsa. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tulsa ranked 97th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 364th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Tulsa

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	Moscow	Tulsa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$59.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1849
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1666
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$5.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$48.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$98.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$25283

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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 Tulsa

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
20 km or 12 mi	Bixby	$1874
20 km or 13 mi	Owasso	$1864
21 km or 13 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
36 km or 22 mi	Claremore	$1855
67 km or 41 mi	Muskogee	$1629
69 km or 43 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
102 km or 63 mi	Stillwater	$1748
120 km or 75 mi	Ponca	$1671
126 km or 78 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Shawnee	$1855
146 km or 91 mi	Edmond	$1621
150 km or 93 mi	Midwest	$1861
154 km or 96 mi	Bella Vista	$2114
156 km or 97 mi	Del	$1878
157 km or 97 mi	Bentonville	$2206
160 km or 99 mi	Fayetteville	$1968
161 km or 100 mi	Springdale	$2015
161 km or 100 mi	Oklahoma City	$1832
163 km or 101 mi	Van Buren	$1702
163 km or 101 mi	Rogers	$1785
165 km or 103 mi	Joplin	$1896
166 km or 103 mi	Fort Smith	$1411
167 km or 104 mi	Moore	$1946
168 km or 104 mi	Norman	$1989
177 km or 110 mi	Enid	$1814
178 km or 110 mi	Yukon	$1824
180 km or 112 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
181 km or 112 mi	Mustang	$1862
197 km or 122 mi	Derby	$1846
213 km or 132 mi	Wichita	$1811
242 km or 151 mi	Ardmore	$1865
247 km or 153 mi	Branson	$1578
247 km or 153 mi	Newton	$1730
254 km or 158 mi	Emporia	$1337
256 km or 159 mi	Duncan	$1816
257 km or 159 mi	Nixa	$1689
264 km or 164 mi	Springfield	$1534
270 km or 168 mi	Russellville	$1438
271 km or 168 mi	Denison	$2205