Moscow vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$4646
🏠 One person rent	$730	$997
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2025
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$84.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3603
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	13.1M	398K

The cost of living in Moscow is 31% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 4359th and 2367th ($1244 vs $1811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1932nd 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 2 months in Wichita. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Wichita ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 552nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Wichita

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	Moscow	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$60.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$879
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$721
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1585
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$174
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$4.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$47
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$918
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$15994

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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 Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1846
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1730
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1237
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1671
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1569
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1337
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1814
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1748
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1777
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1864
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1649
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1851
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1855
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1621
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1874
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1720
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1768
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2124
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1824
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1832
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1861
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1878
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1862
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2290
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1896
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$1946
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1855
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2322
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2259
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2437
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2325
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$1989
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1821
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2312