Moscow vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$4310
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1265
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$1894
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$3197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	18
😀 Quality of life	72	85
🏙️ Population	13.3M	216K

The cost of living in Moscow is 22% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 3728th and 1932nd ($1585 vs $2037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Russia and New Zealand, respectively. Check Russia vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 3206th and 484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Wellington

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	Moscow	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$62.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$9.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2025
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$1611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$96.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$53.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$6316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$4074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$3.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$115
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$7.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$76.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$880
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$13419

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1920
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1788
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1803
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1741
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1325
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1359
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1458
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1533
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1528
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1518
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1304
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1605
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1787
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1523
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1393
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1474
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1696
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1740
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1894
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1527
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1646
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1778
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2156
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1782
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1623
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1579
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1261
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2303
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1318
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1695
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2379
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2844
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1997
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2482
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1928
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$2050
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1710
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2308
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1865