Moscow vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$1040
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$2420
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$867
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$289
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	72	53
🏙️ Population	13.3M	486K

The cost of living in Moscow is 61% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 3277th and 5257th ($1678 vs $1040) 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 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 0.3 months in Windhoek. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 2774th and 6487th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Moscow	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$85.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	11.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$49.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$8.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$6.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$7.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$2.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$5490

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$945
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$982
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$998
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$925
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$991
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$893
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$890
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$891
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$796
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$663
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$691
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$691
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$723
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$903
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$590
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$615
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$904
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$549
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$813
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$994
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$632
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$554
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$811
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1031
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$872
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$912
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1104
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$631
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1015
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$997
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$742
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$610
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$851