Islamabad vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$199	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$696
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	49	60
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.47M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 42% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8870th and 6596th ($442 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6313th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Yekaterinburg

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	Islamabad	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$4946

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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