Hamburg City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	84	96
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	1.91M	13.1M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 61% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1818th and 4359th ($2007 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 6th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 40th and 1187th 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	$17.5	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$12252

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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