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Middlesbrough vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Middlesbrough is 79.1% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 82.7% more in Middlesbrough
Groceries: pay 40.4% more in Middlesbrough
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Middlesbrough
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Middlesbrough
Childcare: pay 41.3% more in Middlesbrough
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.3 times more in Middlesbrough
Clothing: pay 20.2% less in Middlesbrough

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

Middlesbrough vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 82.7% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$20.03 £15.02	+67.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$10.02 £7.51	+67.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$2.11 £1.59	+52.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$1.48 £1.11	+142.0%
Average			+82.7%

Moscow vs. Middlesbrough - Cost of restaurants

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pay 40.4% more for groceries

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$1.68 £1.26	+98.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$3.45 £2.59	-44.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$6.14 £4.60	+32.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$3.82 £2.86	+126.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$3.31 £2.48	+34.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$1.15 £0.86	+42.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.94 £0.70	+7.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$1.01 £0.75	+11.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$1.21 £0.91	-26.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$0.79 £0.59	+84.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$0.60 £0.45	+76.7%
Average			+40.4%

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$7.14 £5.36	+151.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$93.48 £70.08	+155.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$30,047.23 £22,524.16	-18.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$23.33 £17.49	+307.3%
Average			+148.8%

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$42.01 £31.50	+437.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$890.29 £667.38	-28.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$689.97 £517.22	-2.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$225.70 £169.19	+104.1%
Average			+127.5%

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pay 41.3% more for childcare

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$934.80 £700.75	+42.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$20,031.49 £15,016.11	+40.2%
Average			+41.3%

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pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$6.01 £4.50	+43.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$4.44 £3.33	+40.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$17.29 £12.96	+479.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$53.41 £40.04	+19.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$12.02 £9.01	+83.1%
Average			+133.4%

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pay 20.2% less for clothing

	Moscow	Middlesbrough
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$79.01 £59.23	+3.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$44.73 £33.53	-6.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$85.80 £64.32	-30.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$81.24 £60.90	-48.2%
Average			-20.2%

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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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