Berlin vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$696
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	95	60
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.47M

The cost of living in Berlin is 165% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1762nd and 6596th ($2027 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 21st and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Yekaterinburg

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	Berlin	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$4946

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

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