Moscow vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2493
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5494
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2320
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$630
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$238
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$3648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	86
😀 Quality of life	72	95
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.79M

The cost of living in Moscow is 36% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 3728th and 897th ($1585 vs $2493) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.5 months in Toronto. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 3206th and 29th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Toronto

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	Moscow	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2036
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$94.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$49.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$9030
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$7052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$113
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$3.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$50.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$75
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$85.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1056
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$20314

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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

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2309
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2357
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2520
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2222
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2151
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2360
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2246
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2079
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1605
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2237
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2039
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2046
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2089
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1910
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1897
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1950
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1801
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2073
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2083
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2075
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2087
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1480
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1901
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2136
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1999
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2277
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2182
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2115
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2173
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1992
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2136
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2001
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1870
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2035
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1735
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2027
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2034
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2029