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Ostrava vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Ostrava is 20.8% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 48.4% more in Ostrava
Groceries: pay 26.2% more in Ostrava
Transportation: pay 56.6% more in Ostrava
Housing: pay 29.1% more in Ostrava
Childcare: pay 32.2% less in Ostrava
Entertainment and Sports: pay 29.7% more in Ostrava
Clothing: pay 12.0% less in Ostrava

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

Ostrava vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 48.4% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Ostrava
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB942.85	$9.60 CZK197.64	-19.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB471.43	$8.16 CZK168.00	+36.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB109.22	$1.85 CZK38.09	+33.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.32	$1.48 CZK30.55	+142.6%
Average			+48.4%

Moscow vs. Ostrava - Cost of restaurants

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pay 26.2% more for groceries

	Moscow	Ostrava
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB66.85	$1.43 CZK29.54	+69.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB495.38	$6.10 CZK125.69	-2.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB365.03	$4.33 CZK89.21	-6.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB132.93	$3.06 CZK62.90	+81.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB194.60	$4.63 CZK95.28	+87.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB63.94	$0.77 CZK15.95	-4.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB68.74	$0.85 CZK17.51	-2.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.25	$1.03 CZK21.11	+13.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB129.55	$1.41 CZK28.99	-14.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB33.72	$0.50 CZK10.37	+18.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.75	$0.50 CZK10.21	+46.4%
Average			+26.2%

Moscow vs. Ostrava - Cost of groceries

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pay 56.6% more for transportation

	Moscow	Ostrava
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB224.25	$6.64 CZK136.78	+134.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,894.56	$26.40 CZK543.52	-27.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,922,847.57	$31,720.73 CZK653,117.19	-14.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB452.57	$13.44 CZK276.70	+134.6%
Average			+56.6%

Moscow vs. Ostrava - Cost of transportation

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pay 29.1% more for housing

	Moscow	Ostrava
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB617.53	$18.48 CZK380.47	+136.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB98,999.68	$607.95 CZK12,517.50	-51.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,035.53	$510.82 CZK10,517.53	-28.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,737.87	$176.41 CZK3,632.15	+59.5%
Average			+29.1%

Moscow vs. Ostrava - Cost of housing

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pay 32.2% less for childcare

	Moscow	Ostrava
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB51,856.97	$439.97 CZK9,058.72	-33.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,128,690.59	$9,785.64 CZK201,482.39	-31.5%
Average			-32.2%

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pay 29.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Ostrava
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB330.00	$2.16 CZK44.47	-48.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB249.39	$3.04 CZK62.64	-3.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB235.71	$7.66 CZK157.62	+156.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,522.06	$49.92 CZK1,027.75	+12.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB518.57	$8.64 CZK177.88	+31.6%
Average			+29.7%

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pay 12.0% less for clothing

	Moscow	Ostrava
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,008.97	$80.39 CZK1,655.11	+5.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,771.42	$52.10 CZK1,072.65	+9.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,713.63	$91.79 CZK1,889.98	-25.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,388.05	$97.91 CZK2,015.98	-37.6%
Average			-12.0%

Moscow vs. Ostrava - 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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