Calgary vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	1.31M	13.3M

The cost of living in Calgary is 45% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1781st and 4141st ($2079 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 160th and 2664th 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	$16.7	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$15272

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772