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Hagerstown vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Hagerstown is 86.6% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants
pay 94.7% more in Hagerstown
Groceries
pay 2.9 times more in Hagerstown
Transportation
pay 51.0% more in Hagerstown
Housing
pay 2.8 times more in Hagerstown
Childcare
pay 34.0% more in Hagerstown
Entertainment and Sports
pay 82.4% more in Hagerstown
Clothing
pay 34.1% less in Hagerstown

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

Hagerstown vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

pay 94.7% more for restaurants

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.93
RUB963.00
$15.00
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.97
RUB481.50
$13.00
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.38
RUB111.56
$2.25
 

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pay 2.9 times more for groceries

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Bread
1 loaf
$0.85
RUB68.28
$3.78
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.27
RUB505.97
$5.07
 
Milk (1 gallon) $4.62
RUB372.84
$3.33
 

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pay 51.0% more for transportation

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Gasoline (1 gallon) $2.84
RUB229.05
$3.16
 
Monthly public transit pass $36.64
RUB2,956.42
$60.00
 
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $36,994.59
RUB2,985,314.80
$27,500.00
 

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pay 2.8 times more for housing

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$7.82
RUB630.73
$62.50
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,253.04
RUB101,115.50
$1,125.00
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $709.24
RUB57,233.12
$1,250.00
 

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pay 34.0% more for childcare

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $656.36
RUB52,965.26
$1,300.00
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $14,285.88
RUB1,152,813.01
$10,000.00
 

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pay 82.4% more for entertainment and sports

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.18
RUB337.05
$5.00
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.16
RUB254.72
$5.60
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.98
RUB240.75
$10.00
 

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pay 34.1% less for clothing

 
Moscow
Hagerstown
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$76.06
RUB6,137.39
$53.75
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$47.73
RUB3,852.02
$20.00
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$122.95
RUB9,921.23
$83.75
 

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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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