Beijing vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beijing	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$575	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1275	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1443	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	75	60
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.47M

The cost of living in Beijing is 33% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5387th and 6596th ($1016 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Beijing compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 989th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Yekaterinburg

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	Beijing	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.58	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$819	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1965	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14717	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6695	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.77	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.49	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.3	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$698	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22456	$4946

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$716
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$649
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$586
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$680
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$472
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$665
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$702
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$592
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$711
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$679
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$655
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$550
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$584
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$642
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$635
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$581
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$533
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$629
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$544
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$564
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$524
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$642
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$703
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$590
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$638
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$616
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$624
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$600
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$620
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$815

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