Moscow vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$864	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	29
😀 Quality of life	73	57
🏙️ Population	13.3M	431K

The cost of living in Moscow is 46% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 4141st and 5698th ($1438 vs $985) 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 0.7 months in Windhoek. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 2664th and 6153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Moscow	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$633
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$83.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	11.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$1315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$718
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$5.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$5.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$8
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$225
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$5380

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$904
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$924
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$927
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$948
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$857
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$819
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$807
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$607
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$637
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$637
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$668
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$833
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$536
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$577
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$861
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$514
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$653
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$587
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$606
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$875
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$762
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$984
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$890
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$984
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$719
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$975
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$892
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$684
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$826