Hong Kong vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hong Kong	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2737	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6793	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$1830	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$3856	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$232	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	7.41M	1.47M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 258% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 427th and 6596th ($2737 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hong Kong compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 248th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Yekaterinburg

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	Hong Kong	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.24	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.49	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$5.3	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.37	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2169	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1533	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4708	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3331	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.02%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$26276	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16290	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.3	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.26	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.2	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.1	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1052	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22706	$4946

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598

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