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London vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

London is 3.2 times more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 2.7 times more in London
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in London
Transportation: pay 4.9 times more in London
Housing: pay 4.0 times more in London
Childcare: pay 3.8 times more in London
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.6 times more in London
Clothing: pay 19.3% more in London

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

London vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.7 times more for restaurants

	Moscow	London
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.19 RUB764.14	$25.83 £19.75	+181.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.10 RUB424.52	$10.33 £7.90	+102.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.07 RUB89.18	$2.46 £1.88	+129.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.49 RUB40.36	$1.85 £1.41	+281.3%
Average			+173.5%

Moscow vs. London - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Moscow	London
Bread 1 loaf	$0.62 RUB51.46	$2.07 £1.58	+234.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 RUB366.47	$5.65 £4.32	+28.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.57 RUB296.67	$6.31 £4.82	+77.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.52 RUB126.38	$4.45 £3.40	+192.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.99 RUB165.14	$4.26 £3.26	+114.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 RUB56.33	$1.56 £1.19	+130.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 RUB55.51	$0.75 £0.58	+13.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.72 RUB59.51	$1.44 £1.10	+101.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.12 RUB93.44	$1.79 £1.37	+59.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 RUB20.73	$0.69 £0.53	+176.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.21 RUB17.40	$0.70 £0.54	+235.4%
Average			+123.9%

Moscow vs. London - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.9 times more for transportation

	Moscow	London
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.22 RUB184.50	$7.39 £5.65	+233.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.58 RUB2,377.31	$258.31 £197.45	+803.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,621.85 RUB2,547,121.97	$36,531.14 £27,924.73	+19.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.82 RUB483.95	$35.26 £26.95	+506.0%
Average			+390.6%

Moscow vs. London - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.0 times more for housing

	Moscow	London
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$6.38 RUB530.55	$41.63 £31.82	+552.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$960.52 RUB79,895.96	$2,834.46 £2,166.69	+195.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$583.26 RUB48,515.74	$2,063.73 £1,577.54	+253.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$86.66 RUB7,208.33	$263.90 £201.73	+204.5%
Average			+301.5%

Moscow vs. London - Cost of housing

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pay 3.8 times more for childcare

	Moscow	London
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$466.53 RUB38,806.15	$2,333.60 £1,783.83	+400.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,413.52 RUB866,195.39	$27,892.30 £21,321.13	+167.8%
Average			+284.0%

Moscow vs. London - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	London
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.06 RUB254.71	$8.27 £6.32	+169.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.52 RUB209.98	$4.80 £3.67	+90.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.45 RUB203.77	$19.76 £15.11	+706.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.34 RUB2,689.92	$65.66 £50.19	+103.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.10 RUB424.52	$16.14 £12.34	+216.3%
Average			+257.2%

Moscow vs. London - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 19.3% more for clothing

	Moscow	London
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$81.16 RUB6,750.49	$96.94 £74.10	+19.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.31 RUB3,519.17	$50.55 £38.64	+19.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.95 RUB9,062.66	$114.87 £87.81	+5.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$101.97 RUB8,481.85	$135.36 £103.47	+32.7%
Average			+19.3%

Moscow vs. London - 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: April 2025

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