Hamilton vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	569K	13.1M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 62% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1784th and 4359th ($2017 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 239th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Moscow

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	Hamilton	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$12252

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799

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