Hamburg City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamburg City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1909	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4628	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1010	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1803	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$532	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$227	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3251	$1208
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	84	96
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	1.85M	12.5M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 87% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2013th and 5167th ($1909 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Hamburg City ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 43rd and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Moscow

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	Hamburg City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.95	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.19	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1011	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1849	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8838	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5532	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.7	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.3	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$217	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28533	$10868

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1501
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1484
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1467
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1467
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1509
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1506
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1464
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1527
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1504
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1453
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1457
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1495
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1528
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1550
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1422
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1593
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1395
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1547
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1486
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1487
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1504
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1488
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1496
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1329
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1381
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1464
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1460
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1494
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1415
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1519
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1716
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1502
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1426
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1366
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1338
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1442
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1432
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1274

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