Hamburg City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Hamburg City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2184	$1357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5276	$3262
🏠 One person rent	$1122	$793
🏘️ Family rent	$1994	$1399
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$273	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3748	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	84	96
😀 Quality of life	95	76
🏙️ Population	1.91M	13.3M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 61% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1506th and 4389th ($2184 vs $1357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 5th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 36th and 1259th 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	$19.9	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.2	$48
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.83	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.61	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$1113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$592
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2291	$2020
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1610	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$86.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.89%	24.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9313	$9079
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6441	$3921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.5	$6.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.3	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.92	$3.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.76	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.8	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$6.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$32.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.9	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$262	$690
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27112	$14780

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1691
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1682
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1673
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1673
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1687
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1578
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1674
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1578
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1689
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1670
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1578
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1702
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1550
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1653
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1758
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1664
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1718
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1589
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1604
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1636
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1620
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1533
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1739
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1609
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1628
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1594
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1601
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1541
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1649
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1845
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1338
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1744
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1509
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1579
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1646
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1439
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1611
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1632
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1442

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1010
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1029
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$953
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$969
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$936
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$815
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1002
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$903
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$821
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$594
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$734
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$859
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$671
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$670
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$689
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$628
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$803
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$666
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$720
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$562
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$577
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$489
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$915
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$580
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$662
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$659
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$507
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$849
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$553
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$501
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$501
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$736
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$553
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$465
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$494
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$756
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$745