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Beverly Hills vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Beverly Hills is 2.3 times more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Beverly Hills
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Beverly Hills
Transportation: pay 90.4% more in Beverly Hills
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in Beverly Hills
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in Beverly Hills
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in Beverly Hills
Clothing: pay 13.0% less in Beverly Hills

The cost of housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and transportation in Beverly Hills are more expensive than in Moscow. Notably, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Beverly Hills.

Beverly Hills vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Beverly Hills instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB950.80	$25.00	+109.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB475.40	$13.00	+117.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB110.14	$2.83	+104.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.73	$2.26	+270.0%
Average			+150.5%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB67.42	$4.52	+433.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB499.56	$6.61	+5.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB368.11	$4.25	-8.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB134.05	$7.43	+341.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB196.24	$3.00	+21.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB64.48	$2.00	+147.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB69.32	$1.27	+45.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.85	$1.50	+66.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB130.64	$1.00	-39.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.01	$1.00	+134.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.98	$1.00	+195.3%
Average			+122.2%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - Cost of groceries

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pay 90.4% more for transportation

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB226.14	$4.78	+68.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,918.97	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,947,491.41	$32,727.50	-11.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB456.39	$18.01	+214.5%
Average			+90.4%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB622.74	$71.67	+816.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB99,834.39	$2,333.33	+86.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,507.99	$2,000.00	+182.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,811.54	$95.59	-13.6%
Average			+267.9%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - Cost of housing

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,294.20	$1,762.50	+168.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,138,207.09	$27,000.00	+89.0%
Average			+128.8%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB332.78	$8.00	+91.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB251.50	$5.76	+82.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB237.70	$11.50	+285.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,551.75	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB522.94	$15.00	+128.5%
Average			+147.0%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 13.0% less for clothing

	Moscow	Beverly Hills
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,059.63	$61.25	-19.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,803.21	$44.15	-7.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,795.53	$97.50	-20.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,492.50	$149.85	-4.4%
Average			-13.0%

Moscow vs. Beverly Hills - 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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