Moscow vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	86
😀 Quality of life	73	99
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.79M

The cost of living in Moscow is 42% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4141st and 918th ($1438 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.4 months in Toronto. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 2664th and 6th 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	$12.3	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$17676

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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

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043