Essen vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Essen Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1519
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3604
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$759
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$1284
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$474
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$146
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3220
$605
😷 Air quality
Good
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
25 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
95
46
😀 Quality of life
95
60
🏙️ Population
579K
1.47M

The cost of living in Essen is 125% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3358th and 6984th ($1519 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 247th and 11th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Essen compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Essen ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 32nd and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Essen Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$12.5
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$54.2
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.3
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.1
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$3.29
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.57
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$639
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$505
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1100
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$925
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$186
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$282
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$41.6
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.99%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4207
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5688
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.28
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$59.6
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$23.9
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.8
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.16
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.25
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.28
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.2
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.2
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.58
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.79
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.31
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.41
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.77
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.98
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.61
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.9
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.97
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.16
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.5
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.53
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.45
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.49
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.3
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.2
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$83.1
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.4
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$91.4
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$96.4
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$426
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9133
$4747

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Distance City Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi Gelsenkirchen
$1350
9.6 km or 6 mi Mulheim
$1402
10 km or 6.3 mi Bottrop
$1267
11 km or 7.1 mi Oberhausen
$1384
12 km or 7.8 mi Velbert
$1387
13 km or 8.3 mi Hattingen
$1389
14 km or 8.4 mi Gladbeck
$1375
14 km or 8.8 mi Heiligenhaus
$1412
15 km or 9 mi Bochum
$1471
18 km or 11 mi Herne
$1558
18 km or 11 mi Duisburg
$1395
19 km or 12 mi Herten
$1424
19 km or 12 mi Wulfrath
$1369
19 km or 12 mi Sprockhovel
$1356
20 km or 13 mi Ratingen
$1470
22 km or 14 mi Witten
$1286
23 km or 14 mi Recklinghausen
$1407
23 km or 14 mi Mettmann
$1432
23 km or 14 mi Dinslaken
$1387
24 km or 15 mi Dorsten
$1399
24 km or 15 mi Castrop-Rauxel
$1430
24 km or 15 mi Wuppertal
$1124
25 km or 16 mi Marl
$1415
26 km or 16 mi Erkrath
$1493
27 km or 17 mi Schwelm
$1318
27 km or 17 mi Oer-Erkenschwick
$1422
27 km or 17 mi Moers
$1417
27 km or 17 mi Wetter
$1373
28 km or 17 mi Gevelsberg
$1367
28 km or 18 mi Voerde
$1396
28 km or 18 mi Ennepetal
$1351
29 km or 18 mi Haan
$1458
30 km or 18 mi Dusseldorf
$1776
30 km or 18 mi Herdecke
$1388
30 km or 19 mi Rheinberg
$1394
31 km or 20 mi Hilden
$1501
32 km or 20 mi Neukirchen-Vluyn
$1409
32 km or 20 mi Waltrop
$1407
32 km or 20 mi Solingen
$1511
32 km or 20 mi Datteln
$1410

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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