Cologne vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Cologne Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1851
$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4479
$1767
🏠 One person rent
$1019
$347
🏘️ Family rent
$1819
$703
🍽️ Food expenses
$510
$227
🚐 Transport expenses
$184
$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3275
$601
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
92
46
😀 Quality of life
97
60
🏙️ Population
1.08M
1.47M

The cost of living in Cologne is 164% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2308th and 6924th ($1851 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 16th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 16th and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Yekaterinburg

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Cologne Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$14
$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$61.8
$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.8
$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.71
$1.62
☕ Cappuccino
$3.81
$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.9
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1023
$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$801
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2061
$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1459
$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$129
$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$195
$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$44
$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4%
12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6540
$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5856
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.56
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$59.6
$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$23.2
$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.98
$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.32
$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.91
$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.85
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.09
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.9
$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.7
$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.84
$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.21
$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.81
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.74
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.71
$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.57
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.34
$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.37
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.07
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.82
$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$8.07
$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.35
$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.86
$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.6
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$32
$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.7
$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$51.7
$17
💇 Haircut, simple
$19.9
$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans
$103
$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$102
$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$822
$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16860
$4718

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Distance City Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi Hurth
$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi Leverkusen
$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi Frechen
$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi Bruhl
$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi Pulheim
$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi Wesseling
$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi Bergisch Gladbach
$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi Niederkassel
$1593
16 km or 10 mi Rosrath
$1577
18 km or 11 mi Monheim am Rhein
$1647
19 km or 12 mi Dormagen
$1620
19 km or 12 mi Erftstadt
$1563
19 km or 12 mi Langenfeld
$1634
20 km or 12 mi Troisdorf
$1586
20 km or 12 mi Leichlingen
$1612
20 km or 12 mi Kerpen
$1580
21 km or 13 mi Bornheim
$1606
21 km or 13 mi Lohmar
$1566
22 km or 14 mi Bergheim
$1582
23 km or 15 mi Siegburg
$1572
24 km or 15 mi Overath
$1530
25 km or 16 mi Sankt Augustin
$1594
25 km or 16 mi Bonn
$1765
26 km or 16 mi Hilden
$1578
26 km or 16 mi Solingen
$1652
27 km or 17 mi Elsdorf
$1564
28 km or 17 mi Wermelskirchen
$1493
28 km or 17 mi Haan
$1558
28 km or 18 mi Bedburg
$1569
29 km or 18 mi Hennef
$1531
31 km or 19 mi Grevenbroich
$1567
31 km or 19 mi Remscheid
$1415
31 km or 20 mi Erkrath
$1571
33 km or 20 mi Konigswinter
$1453
34 km or 21 mi Euskirchen
$1550
34 km or 21 mi Neuss
$1566
34 km or 21 mi Mettmann
$1527
35 km or 21 mi Zulpich
$1548
35 km or 21 mi Meckenheim
$1542
35 km or 22 mi Dusseldorf
$1861

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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