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Tauranga vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Tauranga is 70.2% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 85.7% more in Tauranga
Groceries: pay 66.9% more in Tauranga
Transportation: pay 89.7% more in Tauranga
Housing: pay 2.5 times more in Tauranga
Childcare: pay 14.8% less in Tauranga
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in Tauranga
Clothing: pay 30.7% less in Tauranga

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

Tauranga vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 85.7% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Tauranga
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$17.31 NZ$29.96	+45.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$8.65 NZ$14.98	+45.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$2.07 NZ$3.58	+49.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$1.86 NZ$3.21	+203.4%
Average			+85.7%

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pay 66.9% more for groceries

	Moscow	Tauranga
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$2.04 NZ$3.53	+140.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$4.11 NZ$7.11	-34.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$5.52 NZ$9.56	+19.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$6.57 NZ$11.38	+290.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$4.01 NZ$6.95	+62.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$1.14 NZ$1.97	+40.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.96 NZ$1.67	+10.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$1.06 NZ$1.84	+18.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$2.23 NZ$3.87	+36.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$0.78 NZ$1.36	+83.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$0.57 NZ$0.98	+67.2%
Average			+66.9%

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pay 89.7% more for transportation

	Moscow	Tauranga
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$6.11 NZ$10.58	+115.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$30,285.93 NZ$52,425.04	-18.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$15.58 NZ$26.96	+171.9%
Average			+89.7%

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

	Moscow	Tauranga
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$51.92 NZ$89.88	+564.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$1,128.47 NZ$1,953.39	-9.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$1,022.32 NZ$1,769.64	+44.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$104.79 NZ$181.38	-5.3%
Average			+148.3%

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pay 14.8% less for childcare

	Moscow	Tauranga
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$587.31 NZ$1,016.64	-10.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$11,538.60 NZ$19,973.35	-19.2%
Average			-14.8%

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Tauranga
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$4.62 NZ$7.99	+10.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$3.42 NZ$5.92	+8.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$21.92 NZ$37.95	+634.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$45.00 NZ$77.90	+1.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$11.54 NZ$19.97	+75.8%
Average			+146.1%

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pay 30.7% less for clothing

	Moscow	Tauranga
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$64.76 NZ$112.10	-14.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$27.88 NZ$48.27	-41.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$91.15 NZ$157.79	-25.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$93.75 NZ$162.28	-40.2%
Average			-30.7%

Moscow vs. Tauranga - 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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