Hwaseong vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hwaseong	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2659	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$443	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1656	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	78	48
😀 Quality of life	73	64
🏙️ Population	1M	1.47M

The cost of living in Hwaseong is 10% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5229th and 4849th ($1045 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 4th in South Korea and Russia, respectively. Check South Korea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hwaseong compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Hwaseong ranked 20th best city to live in South Korea vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 2227th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hwaseong vs Yekaterinburg

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	Hwaseong	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.5	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.27	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$409	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$746	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$543	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.3%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13137	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5451	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.01	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.2	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.88	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.63	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.5	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.79	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.5	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.1	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17344	$7933

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Cities near Hwaseong

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Ansan	$1001
24 km or 15 mi	Suwon	$985
24 km or 15 mi	Uiwang	$1022
25 km or 15 mi	Gunpo	$1053
26 km or 16 mi	Anyang	$943
28 km or 17 mi	Osan	$1019
31 km or 19 mi	Incheon	$1032
32 km or 20 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1029
32 km or 20 mi	Gwacheon	$1031
33 km or 21 mi	Bucheon	$1090
36 km or 22 mi	Dangjin	$952
37 km or 23 mi	Pyeongtaek	$1048
39 km or 24 mi	Yongin	$1061
39 km or 24 mi	Siheung	$1313
42 km or 26 mi	Seongnam	$1455
47 km or 29 mi	Gimpo	$1040
47 km or 29 mi	Seoul	$1296
49 km or 31 mi	Gwangju	$1179
50 km or 31 mi	Anseong	$1016
51 km or 32 mi	Goyang	$1052
54 km or 34 mi	Seosan	$917
55 km or 34 mi	Hanam	$1152
55 km or 34 mi	Guri	$1089
56 km or 35 mi	Cheonan	$1128
60 km or 38 mi	Icheon	$1108
63 km or 39 mi	Namyangju	$1094
66 km or 41 mi	Uijeongbu	$868
70 km or 43 mi	Yangju	$894
71 km or 44 mi	Paju	$1010
78 km or 48 mi	Yeoju	$1033
84 km or 52 mi	Dongducheon	$977
86 km or 54 mi	Pocheon	$982
87 km or 54 mi	Kaesong	$1557
89 km or 55 mi	Gongju	$1009
90 km or 56 mi	Cheongju	$865
92 km or 57 mi	Sejong	$971
95 km or 59 mi	Asan	$997
97 km or 60 mi	Boryeong	$1012
103 km or 64 mi	Wonju	$1062
106 km or 66 mi	Chungju	$852

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