Moscow vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$730	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	96	98
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.97M

The cost of living in Moscow is 33% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4359th and 2270th ($1244 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Austria, respectively. Check Russia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 1187th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Vienna

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	Moscow	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$18199

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987