Moscow vs Utsunomiya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Utsunomiya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1009
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$730	$438
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$2407
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	70
😀 Quality of life	74	73
🏙️ Population	13.1M	518K

The cost of living in Moscow is 23% more expensive than in Utsunomiya. Cities ranked 4359th and 5444th ($1244 vs $1009) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 511th in Russia and Japan, respectively. Check Russia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 2.4 months in Utsunomiya. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Utsunomiya ranked 180th in Japan, while ranked 1187th and 1535th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Utsunomiya

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	Moscow	Utsunomiya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$5.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$5.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$3.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$413
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$668
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$96.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	1.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$4788
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$7.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$5.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$7.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$51.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$36.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$63.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$15244

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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 Utsunomiya

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.8 mi	Kanuma	$1016
13 km or 7.8 mi	Kaminokawa	$1009
13 km or 8 mi	Takanezawa	$1002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Mibu	$1031
17 km or 10 mi	Sakura	$1016
17 km or 10 mi	Mooka	$1024
18 km or 11 mi	Shimotsuke	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Mashiko	$1037
23 km or 14 mi	Tochigi	$1074
27 km or 17 mi	Nasukarasuyama	$1044
27 km or 17 mi	Oyama	$1077
27 km or 17 mi	Yuki	$1054
28 km or 18 mi	Chikusei	$1049
29 km or 18 mi	Yaita	$1047
31 km or 19 mi	Sakuragawa	$1052
34 km or 21 mi	Nikko	$1099
37 km or 23 mi	Otawara	$1057
37 km or 23 mi	Nogi	$1080
38 km or 24 mi	Sano	$1116
41 km or 25 mi	Yachiyo	$1057
41 km or 26 mi	Shimotsuma	$1046
44 km or 27 mi	Koga	$1088
44 km or 27 mi	Kasama	$1073
45 km or 28 mi	Ashikaga	$1190
46 km or 28 mi	Tatebayashi	$1126
47 km or 29 mi	Hitachiomiya	$1092
48 km or 30 mi	Nasushiobara	$1068
49 km or 30 mi	Ora	$1156
50 km or 31 mi	Sakai	$1075
52 km or 32 mi	Hanyu	$1108
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryu	$1322
53 km or 33 mi	Kazo	$1099
54 km or 33 mi	Ota	$1248
54 km or 34 mi	Ishioka	$1053
54 km or 34 mi	Satte	$1084
54 km or 34 mi	Omitama	$1069
54 km or 34 mi	Oizumi	$1187
54 km or 34 mi	Kasumigaura	$1042
55 km or 34 mi	Naka	$1125
56 km or 35 mi	Bando	$1059