Moscow vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$2220
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$4783
🏠 One person rent	$542	$1400
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$2268
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$2523
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	17
😀 Quality of life	73	85
🏙️ Population	12.5M	419K

The cost of living in Moscow is 54% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 5167th and 1237th ($1021 vs $2220) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and New Zealand, respectively. Check Russia vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.1 months in Wellington. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Wellington ranked 4th in New Zealand, while ranked 1608th and 293rd 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	$8.33	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$68.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$7.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$1345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$1207
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$2438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$1957
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	6.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$7994
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$7037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$6.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$5.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$23.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$13015

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1887
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1777
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1744
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1679
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1579
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1230
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1365
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1500
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1454
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1113
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1346
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1207
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1800
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1563
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1200
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1701
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1754
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1842
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1643
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1994
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1960
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2279
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1664
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1398
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1388
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1925
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1353
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1430
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$1998
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2741
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2348
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1648
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1903
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1691
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2203
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1597