Moscow vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$5781
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2942
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$4298
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	75
😀 Quality of life	74	88
🏙️ Population	13.1M	459K

The cost of living in Moscow is 49% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 4359th and 866th ($1244 vs $2447) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 797th 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 1.8 months in Virginia Beach. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Virginia Beach ranked 54th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 238th 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	$9.55	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$83.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1651
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1391
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$3261
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2615
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$5.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$4.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$47
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$18786

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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 Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2767
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2314
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2486
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2525
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2142
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2385
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2086
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2347
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2332
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2340
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$2218
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2014
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2206
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2073
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2498
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1819
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2169
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2076
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2539
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1976
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2856
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2309
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2961
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2566
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3149
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$2893
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2640
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2786
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2548
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2547
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3174
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2777