Hamilton vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamilton	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2244	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4752	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1423	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3156	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	89	73
🏙️ Population	569K	12.5M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 120% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1178th and 5167th ($2244 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th 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 11th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 143rd and 1608th 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	$14.8	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1240	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2062	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.88%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16988	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.37	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.7	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.9	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1101	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21895	$10868

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2293
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2192
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1949
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2125
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2600
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2218
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2128
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2084
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$2217
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1734
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2576
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2390
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$2073
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$1821
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2358
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1816
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2194
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2578
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$1915
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2156
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2085
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2074
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2031
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1598
116 km or 72 mi	London	$2067
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1529
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1408
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2048
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$2004
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1738

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517