Moscow vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$612	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$819
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	8
😀 Quality of life	74	58
🏙️ Population	13M	24.7K

The cost of living in Moscow is 31% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5091st and 3466th ($1075 vs $1552) 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 1.2 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 1280th and 5469th 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	$8.34	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$8081

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482