Hamilton vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamilton	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2103	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4578	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2079	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2679	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	569K	13.3M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 46% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1725th and 4141st ($2103 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hamilton compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Hamilton ranked 17th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 176th and 2664th 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	$19	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1163	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1884	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.7	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12302	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.16	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.8	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.6	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$618	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19470	$15272

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2379
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1844
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2010
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2326
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1998
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2033
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2071
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1928
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1705
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2464
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2241
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1869
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2049
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2242
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1683
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2187
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2449
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2044
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2109
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$1868
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2083
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2082
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1564
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1931
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1925
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1443
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2180
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1936
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1659

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772