Moscow vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$730	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$1922
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	37
😀 Quality of life	74	73
🏙️ Population	13.1M	6.44K

The cost of living in Moscow is 21% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 4359th and 3109th ($1244 vs $1583) 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 1.2 months in Valletta. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 1187th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Moscow vs Valletta infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/moscow/valletta.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Moscow vs Valletta infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/moscow/valletta" target="_blank">Moscow vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Moscow vs Valletta

Prices for goods and services in Moscow and Valletta are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Moscow	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$8456

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348