Chicago vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Chicago Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2613
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$6659
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$1594
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$3123
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$649
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$210
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$5285
$605
😷 Air quality
Good
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
100
46
😀 Quality of life
96
60
🏙️ Population
2.75M
1.47M

The cost of living in Chicago is 286% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 505th and 6984th ($2613 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 455th and 11th 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 2 months in Chicago compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 16th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Chicago Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$17.5
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$80.3
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.6
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$6.98
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$5.12
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.87
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1958
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1297
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3908
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2652
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$103
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$158
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$61.2
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.64%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3227
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2803
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.52
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$87.1
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$15.1
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.1
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.04
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.79
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.74
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.8
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.8
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.5
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.9
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.27
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.02
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.53
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.42
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.8
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.53
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.9
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.1
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.65
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$15.7
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.23
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.71
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.85
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.94
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$73.1
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.8
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$78.7
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$28.3
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$61.8
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$99.6
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$2675
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15494
$4747

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Cities near Chicago

Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi Cicero
$2476
14 km or 8.8 mi Berwyn
$2544
14 km or 8.9 mi Oak Park
$2446
16 km or 10 mi Elmwood Park
$2346
18 km or 11 mi Maywood
$2387
18 km or 11 mi Evanston
$2199
19 km or 12 mi Skokie
$2257
19 km or 12 mi Burbank
$2326
20 km or 12 mi Melrose Park
$2317
21 km or 13 mi Oak Lawn
$2300
22 km or 14 mi Morton Grove
$2290
22 km or 14 mi Niles
$2323
23 km or 14 mi Park Ridge
$2295
23 km or 14 mi Wilmette
$2245
25 km or 16 mi Blue Island
$2282
26 km or 16 mi Elmhurst
$2244
27 km or 17 mi Glenview
$2264
28 km or 17 mi Des Plaines
$2215
28 km or 18 mi Dolton
$2264
29 km or 18 mi Villa Park
$2204
30 km or 19 mi Harvey
$2258
30 km or 19 mi East Chicago
$2013
30 km or 19 mi Westmont
$2248
31 km or 19 mi Calumet
$2258
31 km or 20 mi South Holland
$2240
32 km or 20 mi Lombard
$2162
32 km or 20 mi Hammond
$2030
32 km or 20 mi Oak Forest
$2257
33 km or 20 mi Northbrook
$2253
33 km or 20 mi Mount Prospect
$2269
33 km or 20 mi Darien
$2250
33 km or 21 mi Elk Grove Village
$2267
34 km or 21 mi Downers Grove
$2264
35 km or 22 mi Orland Park
$2238
36 km or 22 mi Lansing
$2239
36 km or 22 mi Glen Ellyn
$2089
37 km or 23 mi Highland Park
$2221
37 km or 23 mi Munster
$2038
37 km or 23 mi Tinley Park
$2241
37 km or 23 mi Wheeling
$2240

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632