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Chapel Hill vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Chapel Hill is 43.9% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants
pay 59.0% more in Chapel Hill
Groceries
pay 2.5 times more in Chapel Hill
Transportation
pay 11.2% more in Chapel Hill
Housing
pay 48.2% more in Chapel Hill
Childcare
pay 19.1% less in Chapel Hill
Entertainment and Sports
pay 53.6% more in Chapel Hill
Clothing
pay 44.1% less in Chapel Hill

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

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Chapel Hill vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Chapel Hill instead of Moscow, you would:

pay 59.0% more for restaurants

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.70
RUB958.35
$18.00
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.02
RUB575.01
$10.00
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.62
RUB132.53
$2.90
 
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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.02
RUB83.38
$4.68
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.14
RUB584.74
$9.04
 
Milk (1 gallon) $4.61
RUB377.94
$4.36
 
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pay 11.2% more for transportation

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.31
RUB271.29
$3.68
 
Monthly public transit pass $40.65
RUB3,330.26
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $38,895.19
RUB3M
$35,535.00
 
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pay 48.2% more for housing

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $9.88
RUB809.45
$70.83
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,454.91
RUB119K
$1,766.67
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $804.40
RUB65,900.59
$1,300.00
 
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pay 19.1% less for childcare

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $809.00
RUB66,277.41
$1,400.00
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $26,421.03
RUB2M
$10,000.00
 
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pay 53.6% more for entertainment and sports

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.68
RUB383.34
$6.00
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.70
RUB303.05
$4.75
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $3.45
RUB282.71
$7.95
 
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pay 44.1% less for clothing

 
Moscow
Chapel Hill
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $108.46
RUB8,886.04
$39.00
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $62.47
RUB5,117.58
$31.25
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $145.30
RUB11,904.07
$103.33
 
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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