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Arima vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Arima is 18.3% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 2.1% less in Arima
Groceries: pay 76.1% more in Arima
Transportation: pay 6.0% more in Arima
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Arima
Childcare: pay 61.4% less in Arima
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.2% less in Arima
Clothing: pay 18.9% less in Arima

The cost of housing, groceries, and transportation in Arima are more expensive than in Moscow. Expenses including childcare, clothing, entertainment and sports, and restaurants are lower in Arima. Notably, housing and groceries are significantly more expensive in Arima.

Arima vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Arima instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 2.1% less for restaurants

	Moscow	Arima
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB950.80	$8.84 TTD59.87	-26.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB475.40	$7.73 TTD52.39	+29.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB110.14	$0.93 TTD6.32	-32.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.73	$0.74 TTD4.99	+20.4%
Average			-2.1%

Moscow vs. Arima - Cost of restaurants

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pay 76.1% more for groceries

	Moscow	Arima
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB67.42	$2.30 TTD15.59	+171.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB499.56	$3.02 TTD20.48	-51.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB368.11	$9.11 TTD61.69	+97.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB134.05	$4.23 TTD28.69	+151.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB196.24	$2.64 TTD17.90	+7.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB64.48	$2.80 TTD18.95	+245.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB69.32	$0.91 TTD6.17	+4.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.85	$2.05 TTD13.89	+127.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB130.64	$1.88 TTD12.75	+14.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.01	$0.59 TTD3.99	+38.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.98	$0.44 TTD2.99	+30.5%
Average			+76.1%

Moscow vs. Arima - Cost of groceries

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pay 6.0% more for transportation

	Moscow	Arima
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB226.14	$3.66 TTD24.77	+28.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,918.97	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,947,491.41	$27,245.70 TTD184,599.43	-26.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB456.39	$6.63 TTD44.90	+15.7%
Average			+6.0%

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Moscow	Arima
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB622.74	$61.53 TTD416.87	+687.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB99,834.39	$515.46 TTD3,492.42	-58.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,507.99	$368.19 TTD2,494.59	-48.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,811.54	$61.00 TTD413.32	-44.8%
Average			+133.9%

Moscow vs. Arima - Cost of housing

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pay 61.4% less for childcare

	Moscow	Arima
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,294.20	$176.73 TTD1,197.40	-73.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,138,207.09	$7,182.06 TTD48,661.08	-49.7%
Average			-61.4%

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pay 5.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Arima
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB332.78	$1.77 TTD11.97	-57.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB251.50	$2.36 TTD15.97	-25.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB237.70	$4.20 TTD28.44	+40.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,551.75	$51.55 TTD349.24	+15.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB522.94	$6.63 TTD44.90	+1.0%
Average			-5.2%

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pay 18.9% less for clothing

	Moscow	Arima
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,059.63	$59.03 TTD399.97	-22.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,803.21	$38.29 TTD259.44	-19.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,795.53	$147.27 TTD997.83	+19.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,492.50	$73.64 TTD498.92	-53.0%
Average			-18.9%

Moscow vs. Arima - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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