Cost of Living in Moscow, Russia

Prices in Moscow

Indexes
Consumer Price Index (Excl.Rent):	81.20
Rent Index:	63.68
Groceries Index:	56.35
Restaurants Index:	101.88
Consumer Price Plus Rent Index:	72.77
Local Purchasing Power:	50.88

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Restaurants	[Edit] mean	Range
Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	500.00 руб	350.00 700.00
Meal for 2, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	2,400.00 руб	1,500.00 3,000.00
Combo Meal at McDonalds or Similar	250.00 руб	200.00 300.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	50.00 руб	40.00 100.00
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	100.00 руб	80.00 150.00
Cappuccino (regular)	150.00 руб	100.00 180.00
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	40.00 руб	30.00 50.00
Water (0.33 liter bottle)	30.00 руб	25.00 47.11

Markets	[Edit] mean
Milk (regular), 1 liter	45.00 руб	40.00 50.00
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	25.00 руб	20.00 30.00
Rice (1kg)	45.00 руб	35.00 60.00
Eggs (12)	54.00 руб	48.00 62.40
Local Cheese (1kg)	300.00 руб	250.00 300.00
Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1kg)	200.00 руб	185.00 250.00
Apples (1kg)	60.00 руб	50.00 80.00
Oranges (1kg)	65.00 руб	50.00 80.00
Tomato (1kg)	85.00 руб	70.00 120.00
Potato (1kg)	30.00 руб	25.00 35.00
Lettuce (1 head)	50.00 руб	40.00 65.00
Water (1.5 liter bottle)	35.00 руб	30.00 50.00
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	340.00 руб	300.00 450.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	40.00 руб	35.00 50.00
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	90.00 руб	60.00 100.00
Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro)	57.50 руб	50.00 62.00

Transportation	[Edit] mean
One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	28.00 руб	28.00 30.00
Monthly Pass (Regular Price)	1,300.00 руб	1,200.00 2,200.00
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff)	350.00 руб	200.00 400.00
Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff)	20.00 руб	12.00 25.00
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff)	600.00 руб	500.00 714.00
Gasoline (1 liter)	30.00 руб	29.00 32.00
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car)	700,000.00 руб	603,000.00 800,000.00

Utilities (Monthly)	[Edit] mean
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	5,100.00 руб	3,777.78 6,181.82
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans)	2.50 руб	2.00 3.00
Internet (6 Mbps, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	400.00 руб	300.00 500.00

Sports And Leisure	[Edit] mean
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	3,200.00 руб	2,200.00 4,166.67
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	1,000.00 руб	500.00 1,300.00
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat	350.00 руб	300.00 400.00

Clothing And Shoes	[Edit] mean
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	3,500.00 руб	3,000.00 4,500.00
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	2,500.00 руб	2,000.00 3,000.00
1 Pair of Nike Shoes	3,500.00 руб	3,000.00 4,000.00
1 Pair of Men Leather Shoes	5,000.00 руб	4,000.00 6,000.00

Rent Per Month	[Edit] mean
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	50,000.00 руб	40,000.00 60,000.00
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	30,000.00 руб	27,000.00 35,000.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	100,000.00 руб	80,000.00 120,000.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre	60,000.00 руб	48,367.30 70,000.00

Buy Apartment Price	[Edit] mean
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	230,000.00 руб	220,000.00 290,000.00
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre	140,000.00 руб	106,000.00 160,000.00

Salaries And Financing	[Edit] mean
Median Monthly Disposable Salary (After Tax)	45,000.00 руб	38,000.00 50,060.00
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentanges (%), Yearly	13.00	12.00 15.00

These data are based on 4386 entries in the past 18 months from 321 different contributors.

Last update : May, 2013

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48 Comments so far

#Anka on May 19, 2013 :

Hey you "Anonymoys", who love to use such words as 'propaganda', 'boasting' etc, didn't you notice that here no one is bouncing about these prices?

Look one more time at your wicked postings and you will see yourself only who is vaunting about European's big income - as if striving to say to them who's in Russia: 'you are lower than us, lower!'. It is not humiliating for us, but it is silly for you.

And your blames about our being by byzantyne-orthodoxes can not be called otherwise but a simply virulent hatred from your side, cause there is no relation between this and topic about prices. Your hate firstly harms yourself.

My respect to all, who with patience tried to explain anything to this piteous person, not answering him by his manner.

#Russo on May 16, 2013 :

A lot of these prices make no sense. I wouldn't mind paying it, but the quality of products is lower than one can imagine with the price tag.
The quality of food is getting worse and worse in Moscow.
The same kind jof beer I used to buy two years ago tastes like crap now.
A pack of smokes is pretty cheap though, but you never know if you get a decent one or a piece of junk, even at the same place.
Moscow is not a comfortable city to live in, unless you want to waste your life and effort.

#Mladen on Apr 25, 2013 :

AI, please use "Edit" link provided. Thank you

#Al on Apr 24, 2013 :

100,000 for a 3 bedroom apartment in the centre of Moscow??? Try at least double that price, unless it has no doors or windows. A mid range restaurant charges 3,000 for a cheap bottle of wine!! I am not sure where these prices came from, but in my opinion Moscow prices are much higher than the ones specified here.

#Max on Apr 21, 2013 :

Moscow is very expensive city. I lived in diferrent cities in Europe, Americas, Asia and Oceania. This place is too hard for living, even with medium salary. Most of my friends don't have any opportunity to buy own apartament, to drive car, to buy things with good quality, even to do sports, because all of it is too expensive for them. I think, that Moscow is the worst city in which I have ever lived.

#Anonymous on Apr 13, 2013 :

I never wrote i',m from Italy.How can you say this?Are you giving private datas?

#Anonymous on Apr 13, 2013 :

I read what i like,I don't live in a dictature like in Russia.So suggest or order it to other people.

#Anonymous on Apr 13, 2013 :

I give real datas from Interfax and Rosstat,not common numbers.Ilke to fight propaganda.

#Mladen on Apr 12, 2013 :

To anonymous guy from Italy writing comments here, please use other websites since it looks like you don't like this one. There is no point than to write here anything any more or read at all.

#Anonymous on Apr 11, 2013 :

In early 2013 average net salary by month in Russia is 23900 rubles while net income is 23100 rubles.In Moscow net monthly salary is 43000 rubles while monthly income 41600 rubles.The salaries datas in this serbian site are boosted to make propaganda.

#Julie on Apr 05, 2013 :

Hi everybody, it's funny to read your discussion on average salary. I'm from Moscow and know the real staff. People get hear about 25000-30000 rur net if the employer is multinational company (as specialists) and about 50000-60000 if you're a manager. If you opt State service the salary is drastically low, about 15000-20000 net. No comments on monthly rent prices, it's uncanny, about 30000-40000 rur for 1-room flat OUT OF CITY CENTER. Multiply for two or three if you want live near the Kremlin.
I'll do my best to relocate from this country.

#Mila on Apr 05, 2013 :

I live in Moscow, and I was born here. I have to admit, that the prices got a bit up within the last year.

#Sam on Mar 30, 2013 :

don't trust much to official statistics of Russia, because many people officially have minimum wage, and in reality they receive money in cache, many times higher.

#Stanley on Mar 29, 2013 :

Average and median salaries are two different things. Median salary in Moscow is only around 1000$ and 600-650$ in Russia. I hope you know the difference between them. Rosstat uses average figures so that salaries look higher than they are.

#Anonymous on Mar 03, 2013 :

Gross salary (and noty income that is lower) will be around 51338 by the end of the year ,it means an average net wage of 45431.So now in Moscow somebody is boasting numbers.

#Anonymous on Mar 03, 2013 :

On January 2013 official net wage in Moscow was 40850 rubles and the average monthly during the year net wage is 42516 rubles (Rosstat).Moscow is overvalued.Moscow is 1.8 times the russian average income.

#Anonymous on Feb 20, 2013 :

In january 2013 avaerage net income per capita in Russia according to Rosstat was around 22300 rubles and not 25000 as reported.

#Anonymous on Feb 15, 2013 :

In trading economics yousee all the wages during the year.The average is the real wage.Now go to see the new one in Januaruy .It'll be a very low wage.Don't act as you don't understand..This site is russophile.

#Anonymous on Feb 15, 2013 :

34860 because it's december..the average in the year it's 26690 rubles.(not net).You know in dec there's something more in wages.Check Rosstat,Interfax or Klepach interviews(he even says 26500)

#Mladen on Feb 14, 2013 :

Regarding wages: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/wages

it shows 34860RUB for January... still
1) there is no official link, tradingeconomics might be wrong
2) Moscow is not Russia
3) would need direct link to rosstat data to do investigation

#Anonymous on Feb 13, 2013 :

Luckily you aren't an official institution,but just a place for russian propaganda)))))))

#Anonymous on Feb 12, 2013 :

Istata and eurostat say that Italian net income in 2012 was 1445 e while net wage was in sept 1662e.In your site italy is widely undervalued.Go to read official site.

#Anonymous on Feb 12, 2013 :

In Trade economic you find gross wages in russia month by momnth .You make the average and then you take away the VAT 13%.Rosstat says 26690 rubles (gross monthly) in 2012 and net income 22821 monthly.The rest are opinions.

#Mladen on Feb 12, 2013 :

Anonymous, please post links to your sources, in 15 minutes searching the internet I couldn't find rosstat figures. Thanks

#Anonymous on Feb 11, 2013 :

Salary in Italy is 1662 € (september)and in russia 660€(final result of december by rosstat).Income in italy is 1455 e net ,in russia 575€ net.Or you foloow incomes or you follow salaries.In russia youa re followig net wages ,in italy incomes that all over the world are lower but better report siuation.That's why russia is totally boosted.

#Anonymous on Feb 11, 2013 :

Official datas by Rosstat of average incomes (not salary that means wage)say that russian average net income 8 ithas insinde rents,slaries,pensions..all) by 2012 is 22821 (565€) rubles.The salary is 26690 (660euro).In Italy you estimate income (official is net 1445 euro) while here you estimate salry that in Italy (last one) in septeber was net 1662e.Moscow income is generally 1.8 times the russian one as Rosstat reports.So it can't be 45000,but 41000-42000.Russia should be around 23000 rubles/months while it's at 25000.Vcreative finance.Russias are very good to make propaganda inventing and boosting.Real numbers are others.Just to show the huge difference for central Banks and Credit Suisse an italian is 18 .5 times richer than a russian (average).

#Mladen on Feb 11, 2013 :

Guys, if someone can post a reference to official data about disposable salary in Moscow, it would be helpful. Please provide a reference. Thanks

#Mladen on Feb 11, 2013 :

Most of entries in the database are user contributed data. I don't know why people enter so low average salary in Italy when official statistics says different. If people are entering inflated high salaries in Moscow, I invite them to stop, it is not helpful for the nature of this project.