Moscow vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1261
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$730	$686
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$387
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$1615
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	62
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	13.1M	581K

The cost of living in Moscow is 1% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 4359th and 4316th ($1244 vs $1261) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Lithuania, respectively. Check Russia vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 1187th and 529th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Vilnius

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	Moscow	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$54.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$7.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1330
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$856
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$5319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$3255
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$30.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$8.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$49.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$72.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$582
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$8531

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$847
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$850
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1150
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$936
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$882
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$950
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$385
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$843
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1016
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$727
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$840
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1025
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$570
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$935
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$804
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$761
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$933
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1113
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$964
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1299
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$969
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$435
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$469
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$438
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$300
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$835
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$953
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$474
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$882
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$869
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1302