Moscow vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$864	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	73	83
🏙️ Population	13.3M	581K

The cost of living in Moscow is 2% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 4141st and 4221st ($1438 vs $1414) 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 0.6 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 2664th and 544th 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	$12.3	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$9582

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522