Moscow vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3246
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	74	92
🏙️ Population	13.1M	662K

The cost of living in Moscow is 50% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 4359th and 819th ($1244 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 1187th and 86th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Vancouver

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	Moscow	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$17240

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759