Accra vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Accra	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$260	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$593	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	50	46
😀 Quality of life	52	60
🏙️ Population	1.78M	1.47M

The cost of living in Accra is 5% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6763rd and 6596th ($729 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Ghana and Russia, respectively. Check Ghana vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Accra compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Accra ranked 1st best city to live in Ghana vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6085th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Accra vs Yekaterinburg

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	Accra	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.36	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1168	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.8	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.7	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.18%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4043	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2481	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.51	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.87	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.34	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.33	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$28.9	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.5	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7683	$4946

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Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$560
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$553
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$588
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$354
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$755
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$632
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$551
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$575
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$433
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$647
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$590
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$709
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$649
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$889
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$613
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$651
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$1113
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1022
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$882
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$658
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$882
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$776
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$677
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$779
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$906
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$695
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$937
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$535
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$634
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$904
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$753
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$558
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$881

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658