Moscow vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5641
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1547
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2678
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	13.3M	662K

The cost of living in Moscow is 41% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 4141st and 931st ($1438 vs $2457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Vancouver ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 2664th and 87th 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	$12.3	$18.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$64.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$5.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$3105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2409
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$74
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$56.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$9732
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$7029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$19787

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2172
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2412
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2325
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2297
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1952
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2443
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2079
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2414
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2644
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1812
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2603
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2649
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2669
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2723
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2203
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2730
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2674
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2907
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3269
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3162
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3313
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2812