Moscow vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$1519
🏠 One person rent	$864	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$675
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	96	19
😀 Quality of life	73	44
🏙️ Population	13.3M	7.01M

The cost of living in Moscow is 148% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4141st and 7987th ($1438 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 243rd in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Zhumadian ranked 315th in China, while ranked 2664th and 7223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Zhumadian

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	Moscow	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$276
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$74.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	3.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$3219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$1646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$2.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$41.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$7830

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$526
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$583
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$507
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$581
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$517
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$523
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$552
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$582
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$522
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$595
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$525
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$518
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$553
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$517
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$579
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$478
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$513
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$542
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$598
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$592
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$510
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$629
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$535
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$585
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$513
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$503
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$570
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$506