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Vung Tau vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Vung Tau is 39.5% cheaper than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 59.0% less in Vung Tau
Groceries: pay 21.0% less in Vung Tau
Transportation: pay 1.1% more in Vung Tau
Housing: pay 55.8% less in Vung Tau
Childcare: pay 31.3% less in Vung Tau
Entertainment and Sports: pay 58.9% less in Vung Tau
Clothing: pay 51.3% less in Vung Tau

Expenses including restaurants, entertainment and sports, housing, clothing, childcare, and groceries are lower in Vung Tau.

Vung Tau vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Vung Tau instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 59.0% less for restaurants

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB950.80	$1.80 ₫47,332	-84.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB475.40	$3.79 ₫99,647	-36.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB110.14	$0.49 ₫12,814	-64.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.73	$0.31 ₫8,045	-50.0%
Average			-59.0%

Moscow vs. Vung Tau - Cost of restaurants

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pay 21.0% less for groceries

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB67.42	$0.97 ₫25,576	+14.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB499.56	$3.31 ₫87,191	-47.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB368.11	$5.16 ₫135,794	+11.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB134.05	$1.42 ₫37,278	-15.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB196.24	$1.63 ₫42,831	-33.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB64.48	$1.03 ₫27,120	+27.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB69.32	$0.40 ₫10,396	-54.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.85	$0.54 ₫14,320	-39.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB130.64	$0.52 ₫13,683	-68.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.01	$0.26 ₫6,780	-39.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.98	$0.39 ₫10,170	+14.2%
Average			-21.0%

Moscow vs. Vung Tau - Cost of groceries

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pay 1.1% more for transportation

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB226.14	$3.17 ₫83,392	+11.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,918.97	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,947,491.41	$37,122.40 ₫976,541,854	+0.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB456.39	$5.23 ₫137,513	-8.7%
Average			+1.1%

Moscow vs. Vung Tau - Cost of transportation

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pay 55.8% less for housing

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB622.74	$7.58 ₫199,294	-3.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB99,834.39	$303.04 ₫7,971,770	-75.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,507.99	$208.34 ₫5,480,592	-70.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,811.54	$28.97 ₫762,007	-73.8%
Average			-55.8%

Moscow vs. Vung Tau - Cost of housing

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pay 31.3% less for childcare

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,294.20	$263.06 ₫6,919,939	-59.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,138,207.09	$13,892.02 ₫365,443,386	-2.8%
Average			-31.3%

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pay 58.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB332.78	$0.68 ₫17,936	-83.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB251.50	$1.81 ₫47,728	-42.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB237.70	$1.25 ₫32,884	-58.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,551.75	$14.39 ₫378,659	-67.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB522.94	$3.79 ₫99,647	-42.3%
Average			-58.9%

Moscow vs. Vung Tau - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 51.3% less for clothing

	Moscow	Vung Tau
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,059.63	$18.92 ₫497,737	-75.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,803.21	$20.82 ₫547,561	-56.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,795.53	$93.29 ₫2,454,139	-24.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,492.50	$79.23 ₫2,084,321	-49.5%
Average			-51.3%

Moscow vs. Vung Tau - 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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