Moscow vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$961
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	8
😀 Quality of life	72	49
🏙️ Population	13.3M	24.7K

The cost of living in Moscow is 2% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3277th and 3452nd ($1678 vs $1637) 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 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 2774th and 6808th 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	$11.9	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$8750

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415