Moscow vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 08, 2025

	Moscow	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1358	$2556
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$5595
🏠 One person rent	$795	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$2442
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1702	$3181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	86
😀 Quality of life	76	95
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.79M

The cost of living in Moscow is 47% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4384th and 774th ($1358 vs $2556) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Moscow compared to 1.2 months in Toronto. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 1270th and 46th 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	$10.3	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$74.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.94	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.17	$6.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.37	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1100	$1632
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$598	$1366
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1971	$2582
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1083	$2188
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.3	$81.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.43%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9003	$9100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3928	$7553
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.89	$2.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$115
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$2.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$4.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.05	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.26	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$51.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.11	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$68.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.3	$55.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$84.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$682	$1113
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14735	$18032

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1012
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1033
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$967
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$937
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$811
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1000
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$900
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$824
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$593
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$735
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$856
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$672
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$669
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$686
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$630
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$665
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$683
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$719
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$564
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$578
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$488
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$916
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$579
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$663
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$660
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$506
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$849
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$553
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$501
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$500
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$738
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$554
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$465
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$494
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$754
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$746

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2309
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2431
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2543
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2331
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2063
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2436
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2502
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2064
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1610
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2041
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2071
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1927
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1940
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1940
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2041
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1740
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2056
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2065
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2064
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2093
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1481
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1894
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2134
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2150
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2046
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2236
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2142
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2102
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2135
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1987
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2104
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2000
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1864
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2015
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1755
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2089
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2072
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2089