Hamburg City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamburg City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2022	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5040	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1032	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1994	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$244	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3442	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	84	96
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	1.89M	13M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 88% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1809th and 5091st ($2022 vs $1075) 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 42nd and 1280th 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	$16.6	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.7	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1068	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$783	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2256	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.8	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9009	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5949	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.89	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.8	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.88	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$239	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23771	$11652

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1614
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1594
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1579
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1581
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1614
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1589
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1485
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1608
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1566
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1581
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1629
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1447
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1549
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1704
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1540
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1649
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1543
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1570
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1554
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1555
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1546
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1500
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1557
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1547
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1547
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1520
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1627
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1245
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1799
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1584
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1523
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1498
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1364
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1539
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1551
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1388

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