Guangzhou vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$785
$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2110
$2729
🏠 One person rent
$342
$633
🏘️ Family rent
$587
$1107
🍽️ Food expenses
$267
$368
🚐 Transport expenses
$87.2
$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1288
$1033
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
96
48
😀 Quality of life
77
64
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.47M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 33% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6854th and 4849th ($785 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 4th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Guangzhou ranked 3rd best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 1149th and 5361st 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
$2.93
$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$29.7
$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.12
$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.17
$2.26
☕ Cappuccino
$3.11
$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.55
$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$484
$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$245
$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$851
$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$437
$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$35.4
$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$53.9
$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13.9
$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.46%
21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$9091
$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3444
$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.44
$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$20.7
$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.01
$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.23
$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.85
$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.1
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.06
$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.53
$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.5
$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.06
$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.19
$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.13
$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.8
$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.95
$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.38
$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.35
$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.78
$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.06
$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.79
$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.6
$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.87
$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.23
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.77
$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$67.1
$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.46
$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$29.7
$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$10.3
$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans
$40.8
$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$82.4
$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$458
$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$19408
$7933

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Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$627
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$694
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$873
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$801
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$548
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$807
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$678
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$858
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$995
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1734
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$638
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$839
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2396
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2663
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$777
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$793
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$908
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$828
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$766
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$954
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$778
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$802
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$797
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$739
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$600
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$682
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$473
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$751
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$758
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$474
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$612
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$824
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$714
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$528
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$648
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$601
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$620
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$602
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$705
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$711

Cities near Yekaterinburg

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