Chennai vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$159	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$601
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	78	46
😀 Quality of life	66	60
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.47M

The cost of living in Chennai is 38% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8907th and 6924th ($433 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 16th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 4094th and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Yekaterinburg

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	Chennai	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$4718

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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