Essen vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Essen Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1519
$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3766
$2729
🏠 One person rent
$642
$633
🏘️ Family rent
$1100
$1107
🍽️ Food expenses
$537
$368
🚐 Transport expenses
$181
$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3165
$1033
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
25 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
96
48
😀 Quality of life
95
64
🏙️ Population
587K
1.47M

The cost of living in Essen is 31% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3925th and 4849th ($1519 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 521st and 4th 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 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 23rd and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Essen Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$16.8
$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$72.5
$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$11.8
$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.63
$2.26
☕ Cappuccino
$3.91
$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.88
$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$571
$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$434
$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1047
$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$794
$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$141
$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$217
$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$39.1
$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.95%
21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4896
$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3071
$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$4.17
$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$69.4
$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$31.1
$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.96
$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.31
$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.98
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.8
$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.68
$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.1
$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.6
$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$25.1
$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.15
$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.19
$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.29
$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.68
$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.42
$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.31
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.81
$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.05
$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.13
$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.05
$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.41
$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.6
$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.72
$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.56
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.58
$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$36.4
$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$15.1
$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$88.4
$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$15.3
$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans
$97.9
$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$108
$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$483
$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9789
$7933

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Cities near Essen

Distance City Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi Gelsenkirchen
$1506
9.6 km or 6 mi Mulheim
$1575
10 km or 6.3 mi Bottrop
$1468
11 km or 7.1 mi Oberhausen
$1636
12 km or 7.8 mi Velbert
$1580
13 km or 8.3 mi Hattingen
$1552
14 km or 8.4 mi Gladbeck
$1538
14 km or 8.8 mi Heiligenhaus
$1588
15 km or 9 mi Bochum
$1548
18 km or 11 mi Herne
$1624
18 km or 11 mi Duisburg
$1507
19 km or 12 mi Herten
$1565
19 km or 12 mi Wulfrath
$1605
19 km or 12 mi Sprockhovel
$1565
20 km or 13 mi Ratingen
$1637
22 km or 14 mi Witten
$1559
23 km or 14 mi Recklinghausen
$1580
23 km or 14 mi Mettmann
$1629
23 km or 14 mi Dinslaken
$1551
24 km or 15 mi Dorsten
$1557
24 km or 15 mi Castrop-Rauxel
$1534
24 km or 15 mi Wuppertal
$1547
25 km or 16 mi Marl
$1568
26 km or 16 mi Erkrath
$1653
27 km or 17 mi Schwelm
$1589
27 km or 17 mi Oer-Erkenschwick
$1565
27 km or 17 mi Moers
$1544
27 km or 17 mi Wetter
$1545
28 km or 17 mi Gevelsberg
$1559
28 km or 18 mi Voerde
$1566
28 km or 18 mi Ennepetal
$1572
29 km or 18 mi Haan
$1662
30 km or 18 mi Dusseldorf
$1913
30 km or 18 mi Herdecke
$1528
30 km or 19 mi Rheinberg
$1559
31 km or 20 mi Hilden
$1673
32 km or 20 mi Neukirchen-Vluyn
$1564
32 km or 20 mi Waltrop
$1533
32 km or 20 mi Solingen
$1698
32 km or 20 mi Datteln
$1538

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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