Beijing vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beijing	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1067	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3071	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$596	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$1354	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1802	$601
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	77	60
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.47M

The cost of living in Beijing is 52% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5141st and 6924th ($1067 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 16th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Beijing compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 763rd and 5229th 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	$4.04	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.94	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2126	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.1	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14636	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7425	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.28	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.57	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.63	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.6	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.51	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.9	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.8	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$782	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23714	$4718

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$734
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$786
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$679
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$710
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$714
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$482
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$700
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$742
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$620
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$760
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$720
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$693
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$572
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$614
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$684
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$677
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$649
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$605
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$555
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$670
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$568
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$588
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$547
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$668
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$729
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$616
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$670
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$637
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$648
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$661
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$632
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$644
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$869

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628