Houston vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Houston	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2240	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$2042	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4580	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	93	64
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.47M

The cost of living in Houston is 133% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1375th and 5881st ($2240 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1186th and 6th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Houston compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Houston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 77th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Houston	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.42	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1397	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$997	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2394	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1614	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.4	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2608	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1961	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.5	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.68	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.88	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$141	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23708	$7319

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2240
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2177
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2216
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2094
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2155
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2308
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2376
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2110
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2095
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2067
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1828
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1948
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2020
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1592
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1900
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1993
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1883
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2029
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1493
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2416
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2148
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2136
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2222
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2188
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2215
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2210
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2241
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2279
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2233

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617