Columbus vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Columbus Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2127
$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5086
$2512
🏠 One person rent
$1221
$559
🏘️ Family rent
$2077
$974
🍽️ Food expenses
$642
$342
🚐 Transport expenses
$125
$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3894
$939
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
10 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
73
48
😀 Quality of life
92
63
🏙️ Population
906K
1.47M

The cost of living in Columbus is 102% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1686th and 5278th ($2127 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th and 5th 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 17th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 96th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Columbus Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$18.3
$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$66.4
$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$12
$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$6.36
$1.98
☕ Cappuccino
$4.76
$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.53
$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1328
$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$934
$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2183
$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1691
$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$147
$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$226
$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$61
$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.35%
19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3248
$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2159
$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.99
$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$60.1
$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$15.5
$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.85
$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.91
$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.1
$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.02
$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.12
$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.7
$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.9
$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.3
$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.64
$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.83
$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.03
$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.81
$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.62
$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.43
$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.54
$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$3.75
$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$18.8
$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.81
$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.61
$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.22
$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.76
$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.07
$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.24
$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$38.5
$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.3
$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$85.7
$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$20.1
$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans
$54.3
$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$91.2
$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1272
$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$24638
$7937

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Distance City Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi Upper Arlington
$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi Grove
$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi Gahanna
$1994
15 km or 9 mi Hilliard
$2093
17 km or 11 mi Reynoldsburg
$1992
18 km or 11 mi Dublin
$2123
19 km or 12 mi Westerville
$1816
22 km or 13 mi Pickerington
$1982
38 km or 24 mi Delaware
$2029
43 km or 27 mi Lancaster
$1911
43 km or 27 mi Marysville
$1975
51 km or 32 mi Newark
$1872
69 km or 43 mi Springfield
$1813
70 km or 43 mi Chillicothe
$1919
70 km or 44 mi Marion
$1922
84 km or 52 mi Zanesville
$1746
86 km or 53 mi Xenia
$1831
89 km or 55 mi Fairborn
$1756
94 km or 59 mi Beavercreek
$1822
97 km or 60 mi Huber Heights
$1831
97 km or 60 mi Mansfield
$1594
98 km or 61 mi Riverside
$1877
103 km or 64 mi Kettering
$1931
103 km or 64 mi Troy
$1849
104 km or 65 mi Athens
$1582
104 km or 65 mi Centerville
$1915
105 km or 65 mi Dayton
$1901
105 km or 65 mi Sidney
$1863
108 km or 67 mi Piqua
$1833
112 km or 69 mi Trotwood
$1933
116 km or 72 mi Ashland
$1580
120 km or 74 mi Lebanon
$1864
128 km or 80 mi Middletown
$1554
128 km or 80 mi Lima
$2110
130 km or 81 mi Wooster
$1530
131 km or 81 mi Mason
$1904
132 km or 82 mi Findlay
$1859
136 km or 84 mi Portsmouth
$1468
144 km or 90 mi New Philadelphia
$1791
146 km or 91 mi Norwalk
$1935

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$892
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$891
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$891
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$729
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$867
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$760
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$767
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$969
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$701
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$853
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$697
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$690
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$700
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$743
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$793
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$795
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$712
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$761
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$564
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$589
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$757
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$595
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$747
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$929
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$579
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$664
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$733
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$838
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$740
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$679
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$791
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$834
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$604
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$746
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$813
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$732
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$677
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$773
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$940
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$688