Moscow vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5464
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1512
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2536
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$610
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4175
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	74
😀 Quality of life	72	88
🏙️ Population	13.3M	459K

The cost of living in Moscow is 34% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 3728th and 1097th ($1585 vs $2392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 940th 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 1.7 months in Virginia Beach. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Virginia Beach ranked 88th in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 304th 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	$13.2	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$90.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1635
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$181
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$64.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$2291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$2286
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$5.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$6.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$9.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$4.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$15986

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2385
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2335
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2354
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2703
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2367
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2065
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2385
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2378
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2379
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1944
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2057
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2372
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2003
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2522
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1847
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2111
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2088
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2588
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2681
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1969
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2877
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2379
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2951
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2581
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2544
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3306
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3030
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2453
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2818
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2650
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2777
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2619
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3292
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2252
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2763