Guangzhou vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$774
$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2226
$1946
🏠 One person rent
$352
$377
🏘️ Family rent
$830
$769
🍽️ Food expenses
$266
$256
🚐 Transport expenses
$79
$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1294
$696
😷 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 1% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6548th and 6596th ($774 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 1055th and 5209th 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
$3.42
$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$22.2
$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.78
$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.95
$1.72
☕ Cappuccino
$3.14
$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.49
$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$465
$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$263
$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1183
$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$655
$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$37.9
$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$58
$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$11.1
$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.17%
14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10125
$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4029
$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.28
$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$19.2
$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.55
$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.13
$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.9
$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.09
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.19
$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.56
$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.2
$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.44
$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.2
$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.97
$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.23
$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.84
$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.4
$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.85
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.03
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.41
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.26
$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$20.6
$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.9
$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.77
$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.18
$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.48
$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.16
$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.64
$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.9
$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.72
$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$27.7
$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$9.58
$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans
$39
$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$70
$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$408
$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$14511
$4946

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Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$611
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$656
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$804
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$794
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$461
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$793
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$653
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$812
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$916
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1588
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$601
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$823
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2432
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2737
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$764
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$818
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$877
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$803
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$755
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$936
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$758
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$761
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$756
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$724
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$569
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$655
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$443
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$771
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$761
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$451
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$581
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$764
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$702
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$522
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$609
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$579
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$598
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$590
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$649
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$650

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$646
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$648
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$592
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$600
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$617
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$596
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$595
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$765
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$531
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$672
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$506
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$710
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$637
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$454
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$538
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$613
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$580
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$593
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$557
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$509
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$534
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$508
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$619
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$734
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$548
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$569
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$537
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$656
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$612
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$559
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$592
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$631
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$549
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$590
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$654
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$770
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$605
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$438
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$717
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$658