Hamburg City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamburg City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5194	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1163	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2033	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$276	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4099	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	84	96
😀 Quality of life	95	72
🏙️ Population	1.91M	13.3M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 38% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1513th and 3728th ($2194 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Hamburg City ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 31st and 3206th 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	$17.8	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.94	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.9	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.63	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1250	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$901	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$233	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9649	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5540	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.53	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.5	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.33	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.1	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.7	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.5	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.3	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$296	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23203	$17546

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1650
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1635
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1667
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1569
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1626
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1584
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1662
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1598
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1624
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1554
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1685
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1563
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1586
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1767
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1588
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1716
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1571
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1580
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1648
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1586
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1494
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1588
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1580
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1525
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1559
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1574
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1498
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1566
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1825
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1337
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1752
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1470
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1529
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1563
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1443
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1575
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1583
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1492

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791