Moscow vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3590
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	86
😀 Quality of life	74	94
🏙️ Population	13M	2.79M

The cost of living in Moscow is 58% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 5091st and 656th ($1075 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Russia and Canada, respectively. Check Russia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 1280th and 52nd 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	$8.34	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$18156

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085