Columbus vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Columbus Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2140
$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5154
$2729
🏠 One person rent
$1207
$633
🏘️ Family rent
$2066
$1107
🍽️ Food expenses
$667
$368
🚐 Transport expenses
$126
$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3790
$1033
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
10 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
73
48
😀 Quality of life
88
64
🏙️ Population
906K
1.47M

The cost of living in Columbus is 84% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1634th and 4849th ($2140 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 4th 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 266th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Columbus Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$20.9
$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$68.2
$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$12.1
$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$6.36
$2.26
☕ Cappuccino
$5.1
$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.65
$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1354
$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$919
$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2171
$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1698
$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$141
$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$213
$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$60.4
$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.08%
21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3423
$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1817
$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.99
$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$60.7
$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$15.5
$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.92
$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.89
$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.07
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.49
$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.28
$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.1
$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16
$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.58
$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.65
$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.1
$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.77
$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.59
$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.43
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.55
$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$4.03
$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$18.5
$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.77
$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.99
$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.23
$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.74
$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.09
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.21
$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$38.4
$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.2
$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$86.1
$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$20.2
$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans
$56.5
$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$90.8
$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1464
$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$20945
$7933

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Distance City Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi Upper Arlington
$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi Grove
$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi Gahanna
$2088
15 km or 9 mi Hilliard
$2120
17 km or 11 mi Reynoldsburg
$2064
18 km or 11 mi Dublin
$2117
19 km or 12 mi Westerville
$1897
22 km or 13 mi Pickerington
$2021
38 km or 24 mi Delaware
$2018
43 km or 27 mi Lancaster
$1928
43 km or 27 mi Marysville
$2008
51 km or 32 mi Newark
$1919
69 km or 43 mi Springfield
$1836
70 km or 43 mi Chillicothe
$1849
70 km or 44 mi Marion
$1941
84 km or 52 mi Zanesville
$1626
86 km or 53 mi Xenia
$1824
89 km or 55 mi Fairborn
$1663
94 km or 59 mi Beavercreek
$1811
97 km or 60 mi Huber Heights
$1833
97 km or 60 mi Mansfield
$1567
98 km or 61 mi Riverside
$1880
103 km or 64 mi Kettering
$1908
103 km or 64 mi Troy
$1855
104 km or 65 mi Athens
$1579
104 km or 65 mi Centerville
$1906
105 km or 65 mi Dayton
$1898
105 km or 65 mi Sidney
$1745
108 km or 67 mi Piqua
$1836
112 km or 69 mi Trotwood
$1933
116 km or 72 mi Ashland
$1707
120 km or 74 mi Lebanon
$1843
128 km or 80 mi Middletown
$1617
128 km or 80 mi Lima
$2066
130 km or 81 mi Wooster
$1599
131 km or 81 mi Mason
$1900
132 km or 82 mi Findlay
$1881
136 km or 84 mi Portsmouth
$1495
144 km or 90 mi New Philadelphia
$1818
146 km or 91 mi Norwalk
$1936

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$954
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$952
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$952
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$757
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$786
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$780
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$791
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$1024
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$713
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$913
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$656
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$702
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$708
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$788
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$840
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$868
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$771
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$830
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$575
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$615
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$812
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$648
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$763
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$981
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$606
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$727
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$754
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$845
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$789
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$705
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$749
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$819
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$620
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$792
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$784
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$823
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$748
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$834
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$1051
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$754