Calgary vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	92	73
🏙️ Population	1.31M	12.5M

The cost of living in Calgary is 107% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1526th and 5167th ($2113 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 66th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Moscow

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	Calgary	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$10868

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517