Cost of living comparison

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Linkoping vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Linkoping is 70.5% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in Linkoping
Groceries: pay 94.0% more in Linkoping
Transportation: pay 2.8 times more in Linkoping
Housing: pay 82.4% more in Linkoping
Childcare: pay 81.1% less in Linkoping
Entertainment and Sports: pay 83.3% more in Linkoping
Clothing: pay 20.4% more in Linkoping

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

Linkoping vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	Moscow	Linkoping
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB927.45	$14.55 SEK137.48	+21.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB463.73	$10.58 SEK99.98	+77.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB107.44	$2.77 SEK26.16	+100.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB47.53	$2.31 SEK21.83	+277.7%
Average			+119.3%

Moscow vs. Linkoping - Cost of restaurants

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pay 94.0% more for groceries

	Moscow	Linkoping
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB65.76	$3.24 SEK30.59	+282.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB487.29	$7.11 SEK67.16	+13.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB359.07	$6.93 SEK65.54	+50.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB130.76	$4.24 SEK40.11	+152.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB191.42	$6.30 SEK59.56	+155.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB62.89	$1.52 SEK14.40	+88.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB67.62	$1.20 SEK11.33	+37.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB70.09	$0.96 SEK9.07	+6.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB127.43	$2.24 SEK21.20	+36.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB33.17	$0.70 SEK6.58	+63.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.31	$0.84 SEK7.93	+147.8%
Average			+94.0%

Moscow vs. Linkoping - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.8 times more for transportation

	Moscow	Linkoping
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB220.59	$7.34 SEK69.40	+158.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,847.28	$79.87 SEK754.88	+118.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,875,107.01	$32,689.58 SEK308,949.23	-11.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB445.18	$30.68 SEK289.95	+435.6%
Average			+175.2%

Moscow vs. Linkoping - Cost of transportation

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pay 82.4% more for housing

	Moscow	Linkoping
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB607.45	$39.35 SEK371.94	+403.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB97,382.66	$823.41 SEK7,782.05	-34.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB55,120.27	$648.04 SEK6,124.59	-8.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,595.15	$76.37 SEK721.73	-31.0%
Average			+82.4%

Moscow vs. Linkoping - Cost of housing

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pay 81.1% less for childcare

	Moscow	Linkoping
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB51,009.96	$214.23 SEK2,024.67	-67.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,110,255.03	$740.54 SEK6,998.85	-94.8%
Average			-81.1%

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pay 83.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Linkoping
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB324.61	$7.41 SEK69.99	+77.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB245.32	$4.58 SEK43.33	+45.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB231.86	$7.41 SEK69.99	+148.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,464.53	$39.14 SEK369.94	-12.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB510.10	$16.93 SEK159.97	+157.9%
Average			+83.3%

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pay 20.4% more for clothing

	Moscow	Linkoping
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,910.82	$104.29 SEK985.64	+37.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,709.82	$51.81 SEK489.67	+8.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,554.97	$122.42 SEK1,156.95	-0.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,185.71	$214.23 SEK2,024.67	+36.6%
Average			+20.4%

Moscow vs. Linkoping - 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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