Moscow vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2399
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5692
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1509
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2680
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4354
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	74
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	13.3M	459K

The cost of living in Moscow is 40% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 4141st and 1045th ($1438 vs $2399) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 916th in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.8 months in Virginia Beach. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Virginia Beach ranked 63rd in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 216th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Virginia Beach

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	Moscow	Virginia Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$89.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1571
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2887
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$2520
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$69.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$5.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$5.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$125
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$19.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$16163

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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 Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2593
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2287
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2414
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2679
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2224
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2384
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2115
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2408
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2395
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2438
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1935
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2076
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2347
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2071
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2509
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1893
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2171
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2176
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2506
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1983
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2919
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2355
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2940
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2495
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3328
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3054
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2693
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2791
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2563
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2553
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3275
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2710