Moscow vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$5860
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1697
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2823
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$644
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3361
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	74	92
🏙️ Population	13M	662K

The cost of living in Moscow is 59% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 5091st and 512th ($1075 vs $2650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 5th in Canada, while ranked 1280th and 100th 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	$8.34	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1905
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$3353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$69.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$10997
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$7402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$100
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$16.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$3.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1165
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$16245

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2220
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2589
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2330
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2417
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1983
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2278
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2185
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2469
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2609
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1913
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2576
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2569
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2821
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$3091
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2263
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2866
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2784
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2901
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2491
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3229
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$2908
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3179
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2743