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Invercargill vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Invercargill is 55.5% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 51.4% more in Invercargill
Groceries: pay 65.1% more in Invercargill
Transportation: pay 88.2% more in Invercargill
Housing: pay 2.0 times more in Invercargill
Childcare: pay 14.7% less in Invercargill
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.3 times more in Invercargill
Clothing: pay 34.0% less in Invercargill

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

Invercargill vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 51.4% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Invercargill
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$14.42 NZ$24.97	+20.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$8.37 NZ$14.48	+40.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$1.63 NZ$2.83	+18.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$1.38 NZ$2.40	+126.4%
Average			+51.4%

Moscow vs. Invercargill - Cost of restaurants

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pay 65.1% more for groceries

	Moscow	Invercargill
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$1.80 NZ$3.11	+112.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$4.12 NZ$7.13	-34.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$6.10 NZ$10.55	+32.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$5.84 NZ$10.10	+247.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$3.40 NZ$5.89	+38.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$1.18 NZ$2.04	+45.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.99 NZ$1.72	+14.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$1.18 NZ$2.04	+30.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$1.61 NZ$2.79	-1.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$0.86 NZ$1.49	+102.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$0.78 NZ$1.34	+129.3%
Average			+65.1%

Moscow vs. Invercargill - Cost of groceries

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pay 88.2% more for transportation

	Moscow	Invercargill
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$6.09 NZ$10.55	+114.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$57.69 NZ$99.87	+57.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$24,519.23 NZ$42,442.86	-33.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$18.00 NZ$31.16	+214.2%
Average			+88.2%

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

	Moscow	Invercargill
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$47.54 NZ$82.29	+508.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$615.39 NZ$1,065.25	-50.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$561.55 NZ$972.04	-20.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$74.34 NZ$128.68	-32.8%
Average			+100.9%

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pay 14.7% less for childcare

	Moscow	Invercargill
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$559.62 NZ$968.71	-14.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	??
Average			-14.7%

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pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Invercargill
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$5.77 NZ$9.99	+38.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$3.21 NZ$5.56	+1.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$21.29 NZ$36.85	+613.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$28.27 NZ$48.93	-36.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$9.23 NZ$15.98	+40.6%
Average			+131.5%

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pay 34.0% less for clothing

	Moscow	Invercargill
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$63.46 NZ$109.85	-16.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$33.65 NZ$58.26	-29.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$72.12 NZ$124.83	-41.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$80.77 NZ$139.81	-48.5%
Average			-34.0%

Moscow vs. Invercargill - 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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