Helsinki vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Helsinki	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4167	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$918	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1517	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3006	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	78	46
😀 Quality of life	95	60
🏙️ Population	676K	1.47M

The cost of living in Helsinki is 137% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2353rd and 6596th ($1816 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Finland and Russia, respectively. Check Finland vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Helsinki compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Helsinki ranked 1st best city to live in Finland vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 26th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Helsinki vs Yekaterinburg

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	Helsinki	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.4	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.29	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1796	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1297	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.8	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.1%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8076	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4860	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.3	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.4	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$345	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9361	$4946

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Cities near Helsinki

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Vantaa	$1671
16 km or 9.7 mi	Espoo	$1879
26 km or 16 mi	Tuusula	$1509
27 km or 17 mi	Kerava	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
33 km or 21 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
34 km or 21 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
47 km or 29 mi	Porvoo	$1327
49 km or 30 mi	Lohja	$1220
51 km or 32 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
63 km or 39 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
78 km or 48 mi	Maardu	$1219
83 km or 51 mi	Tallinn	$1414
86 km or 53 mi	Raseborg	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
98 km or 61 mi	Lahti	$1398
102 km or 63 mi	Salo	$1396
115 km or 72 mi	Kotka	$1286
122 km or 76 mi	Rakvere	$899
124 km or 77 mi	Kouvola	$1355
131 km or 81 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
132 km or 82 mi	Hamina	$1329
143 km or 89 mi	Kaarina	$1450
150 km or 93 mi	Turku	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Raisio	$1450
157 km or 98 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
160 km or 100 mi	Tampere	$1464
164 km or 102 mi	Nokia	$1432
169 km or 105 mi	Ylojarvi	$1426
170 km or 106 mi	Sastamala	$1391
181 km or 113 mi	Sillamae	$952
188 km or 117 mi	Jamsa	$1394
201 km or 125 mi	Parnu	$1064
203 km or 126 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
203 km or 126 mi	Narva	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Viljandi	$933
210 km or 131 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
214 km or 133 mi	Rauma	$1254
224 km or 139 mi	Pori	$1239
224 km or 139 mi	Tartu	$1045

Cities near Yekaterinburg

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