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Sioux Falls vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Sioux Falls is 72.6% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 94.7% more in Sioux Falls
Groceries: pay 2.4 times more in Sioux Falls
Transportation: pay 45.9% more in Sioux Falls
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in Sioux Falls
Childcare: pay 17.4% less in Sioux Falls
Entertainment and Sports: pay 72.0% more in Sioux Falls
Clothing: pay 27.8% less in Sioux Falls

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

Sioux Falls vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Sioux Falls instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 94.7% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$12.00	+0.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$10.14	+70.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$2.71	+95.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$1.91	+212.6%
Average			+94.7%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.4 times more for groceries

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$3.60	+326.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$6.33	+1.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$3.59	-22.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$4.28	+154.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$5.18	+110.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$2.10	+159.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.87	-0.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$1.87	+107.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$3.04	+85.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$1.13	+164.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$1.73	+410.9%
Average			+136.1%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - Cost of groceries

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pay 45.9% more for transportation

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$2.97	+4.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$30.00	-18.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$35,637.10	-3.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$17.22	+200.6%
Average			+45.9%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$66.20	+746.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$1,265.00	+1.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$921.67	+30.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$157.05	+42.0%
Average			+205.0%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - Cost of housing

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pay 17.4% less for childcare

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$725.00	+10.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$7,800.00	-45.4%
Average			-17.4%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - Cost of childcare

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pay 72.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$5.50	+31.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$4.75	+50.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$9.25	+210.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$43.88	-1.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$11.12	+69.5%
Average			+72.0%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 27.8% less for clothing

	Moscow	Sioux Falls
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$37.00	-51.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$28.33	-40.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$114.83	-6.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$137.25	-12.5%
Average			-27.8%

Moscow vs. Sioux Falls - 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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