Calgary vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	1.31M	13.1M

The cost of living in Calgary is 67% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1646th and 4359th ($2077 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 153rd and 1187th 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	$15.2	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$12252

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592