Moscow vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$864	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$832
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	8
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	13.3M	24.7K

The cost of living in Moscow is 9% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4141st and 3601st ($1438 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Russia vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 2664th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Victoria

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	Moscow	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420