Moscow vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2235
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$4982
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2429
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$2869
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	17
😀 Quality of life	74	84
🏙️ Population	13M	216K

The cost of living in Moscow is 52% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 5091st and 1293rd ($1075 vs $2235) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.3 months in Wellington. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 1280th and 353rd 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	$8.34	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$73.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$9.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$7.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1212
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2525
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2135
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$8089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$7074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$7.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$4.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$25.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$81
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$822
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$13500

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1844
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1406
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1334
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1640
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1573
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1205
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1403
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1981
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1569
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1274
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1671
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1654
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1791
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1879
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1939
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1848
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2205
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1916
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1463
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1531
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1928
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1359
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1532
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2286
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2801
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1833
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2472
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1755
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1997
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1732
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2265
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1700