Edmonton vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edmonton	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1785	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4092	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$955	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1589	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3052	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	63	96
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	1.01M	13M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 66% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2563rd and 5091st ($1785 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 100th 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 Edmonton compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Edmonton ranked 13th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 172nd and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Moscow

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	Edmonton	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.36	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$929	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1576	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2798	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.59	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.8	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8270	$11652

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1723
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1727
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2149
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1914
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1854
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$2001
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1586
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1781
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2139
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2250
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1678
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2150
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2011
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2469
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2498
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1642
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1566
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1983
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2417
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2589
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2650
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2278
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2330
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1917

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541