Europe · Eastern Europe · 2025 price levels
🇷🇺Cost of living in Russia (European)
−51%
Everyday spending in Russia (European) costs 51% less than the EU average.
Eurostat publishes no breakdown by category for Russia (European), so this is the World Bank's overall household price level, set against the EU.
Against its neighbours
Cheaper than Bulgaria
Household spending, EU average = 100.
🇪🇺 EU100
🇷🇺 Russia (European)49
63% cheaperthan the United States for the same household spending (World Bank, 2025)
Living there
The basics
- Status
- Eastern Europe
- Stay
- 90-day visa-free for most EEA citizens.
- Healthcare
- Travel Insurance recommended.
Say it locally
Seven phrases
- Hello
- Privet
- Thank you
- Spasibo
- Yes/No
- Da / Net
- How are you?
- Kak dela?
- Excuse me
- Izvinite
- Check, please!
- Schot, pozhaluysta!
- Do you speak English?
- Vy govorite po-angliyski?
Cities
Three places to live
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Google Maps Search Hub
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Useful Links
Where the numbers come from
- World Bank, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI: household price level, United States = 100, 2025. CC BY 4.0.
- Against the EU: the World Bank's level divided by the EU's on the same scale (75.0, from the countries both sources cover).