Boston vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Boston Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$3467
$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$7682
$1767
🏠 One person rent
$2394
$347
🏘️ Family rent
$3923
$703
🍽️ Food expenses
$726
$227
🚐 Transport expenses
$146
$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$5787
$601
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
100
46
😀 Quality of life
92
60
🏙️ Population
676K
1.47M

The cost of living in Boston is 394% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 32nd and 6924th ($3467 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 16th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Boston compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Boston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 89th and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Boston Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$21.3
$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$93.5
$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$13.1
$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$8.4
$1.62
☕ Cappuccino
$5.78
$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$3.16
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$2739
$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$2042
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$4881
$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3321
$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$144
$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$222
$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$68.4
$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.53%
12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$11569
$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6730
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.4
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$90.4
$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18
$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.95
$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.21
$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.86
$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.86
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.16
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$17.4
$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.7
$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.07
$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.14
$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.77
$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.47
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.73
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.78
$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.76
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.74
$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.1
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.72
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$13.4
$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.76
$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$8.03
$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.03
$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$81
$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$16.1
$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$164
$17
💇 Haircut, simple
$21.7
$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans
$60.7
$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$100
$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$2437
$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$25118
$4718

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Cities near Boston

Distance City Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi Cambridge
$3756
4.4 km or 2.7 mi Chelsea
$3040
4.5 km or 2.8 mi Somerville
$3647
5.6 km or 3.5 mi Everett
$2916
5.7 km or 3.5 mi Brookline
$3093
6.9 km or 4.3 mi Revere
$2932
7.4 km or 4.6 mi Malden
$3008
7.6 km or 4.7 mi Medford
$2349
10 km or 6.2 mi Belmont
$2951
10 km or 6.2 mi Arlington
$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi Watertown
$2913
11 km or 6.9 mi Melrose
$2826
12 km or 7.5 mi Milton
$2938
12 km or 7.5 mi Winchester
$2755
12 km or 7.7 mi Newton
$2790
13 km or 7.8 mi Saugus
$2897
13 km or 8.1 mi Quincy
$3122
14 km or 8.6 mi Stoneham
$2778
14 km or 8.9 mi Waltham
$2817
15 km or 9.4 mi Lynn
$3172
15 km or 9.5 mi Woburn
$2735
16 km or 9.6 mi Dedham
$2869
16 km or 10 mi Needham
$2797
16 km or 10 mi Lexington
$2746
16 km or 10 mi Wakefield
$2846
18 km or 11 mi Braintree
$2925
18 km or 11 mi Weymouth
$2920
19 km or 12 mi Reading
$2773
19 km or 12 mi Hingham
$2869
20 km or 12 mi Burlington
$2443
20 km or 13 mi Wellesley
$2798
21 km or 13 mi Norwood
$2804
22 km or 14 mi Peabody
$2878
22 km or 14 mi Randolph
$2848
22 km or 14 mi Salem
$3005
23 km or 14 mi Wilmington
$2607
23 km or 14 mi Marblehead
$2853
23 km or 14 mi Canton
$2815
25 km or 16 mi Natick
$2961
26 km or 16 mi Stoughton
$2803

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