Moscow vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$5332
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1387
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2472
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$4493
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	75
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	13M	459K

The cost of living in Moscow is 52% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 5091st and 1277th ($1075 vs $2240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1122nd 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 2 months in Virginia Beach. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Virginia Beach ranked 41st in the United States, while ranked 1280th and 186th 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	$8.34	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2694
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$3108
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$2664
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$7.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$8.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$4.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$46.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$171
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1204
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$18476

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2794
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2202
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2482
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2445
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2217
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2358
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2088
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2295
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2299
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2270
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$2108
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2026
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2202
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2057
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2575
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1917
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2141
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2060
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2504
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2583
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$2022
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2982
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2279
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2917
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2553
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2417
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3139
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$2890
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2599
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2777
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2436
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2537
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2577
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3236
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2179
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2701