Moscow vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$730	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$745
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	96	19
😀 Quality of life	74	38
🏙️ Population	13.1M	7.01M

The cost of living in Moscow is 95% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4359th and 7314th ($1244 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 1187th and 7150th 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	$9.55	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504