Hamilton vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamilton	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2089	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4653	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1278	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2143	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$570	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2852	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	569K	13.3M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 32% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1801st and 3728th ($2089 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Hamilton ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 111th and 3206th 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	$18.2	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.18	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1132	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1911	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.48%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10419	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.65	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.59	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.4	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.8	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.9	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$634	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17166	$17546

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2237
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2360
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1901
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2087
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2357
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2079
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2073
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2151
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2046
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2144
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1999
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1801
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2493
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1897
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2309
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1950
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1910
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2520
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2073
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$2075
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2222
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1735
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2277
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2136
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2039
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2246
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2083
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2173
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2182
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$1870
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2035
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2136
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2115
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1605
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1916
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1804
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1480
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2036
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1992
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1680

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791