Moscow vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$542	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$1375
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	37
😀 Quality of life	73	72
🏙️ Population	12.5M	6.44K

The cost of living in Moscow is 38% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 5167th and 2834th ($1021 vs $1657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Russia and Malta, respectively. Check Russia vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 1608th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Valletta

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	Moscow	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.33	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$10317

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355