Moscow vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$542	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$818
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	8
😀 Quality of life	73	59
🏙️ Population	12.5M	24.7K

The cost of living in Moscow is 37% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5167th and 3034th ($1021 vs $1608) 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 1608th and 5511th 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	$8.33	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$8062

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524