Moscow vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$959	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$588
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	13.3M	431K

The cost of living in Moscow is 55% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 3728th and 5494th ($1585 vs $1023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Namibia, respectively. Check Russia vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Windhoek. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 3206th and 6345th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Windhoek

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	Moscow	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$5.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$347
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$622
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$79.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$53.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	11.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$1427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$49.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$7.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$5.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$3.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$34.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$95.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$5907

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$934
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$971
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$968
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$874
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$883
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$905
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$873
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$855
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$811
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$662
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$694
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$697
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$731
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$901
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$628
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$927
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$551
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$718
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$633
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$595
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$826
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1057
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$875
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$958
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1089
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$692
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1049
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$967
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$765
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$665
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$892