Guangzhou vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$742
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2255
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$333
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$834
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$262
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$70.6
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1117
$605
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
97
46
😀 Quality of life
75
60
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.47M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 10% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6607th and 6984th ($742 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 11th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 955th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Yekaterinburg

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Guangzhou Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.17
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$27.8
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.84
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.83
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$3.46
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.44
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$380
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$259
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1120
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$676
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$37.2
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$57.2
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$12.5
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.66%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10173
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4278
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.28
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12.5
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.51
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.19
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2.01
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.87
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.09
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.62
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.4
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.42
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.89
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.36
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.81
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.14
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.4
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.16
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.9
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.89
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.89
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.23
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.55
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.34
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.47
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$27.3
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.94
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$28.2
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.8
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$43.5
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$73.6
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$423
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$18235
$4747

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$575
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$589
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$812
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$781
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$481
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$791
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$618
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$816
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$939
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1565
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$837
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$830
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2410
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2614
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$891
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$856
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$876
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$824
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$774
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$1083
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$785
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$831
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$857
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$752
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$738
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$799
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$716
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$806
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$812
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$588
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$589
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$777
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$735
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$525
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$584
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$596
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$611
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$530
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$713
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$620

Cities near Yekaterinburg

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