Istanbul vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Istanbul	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1248	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3224	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$649	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1199	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$883	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	76	60
🏙️ Population	15.7M	1.47M

The cost of living in Istanbul is 63% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4347th and 6596th ($1248 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Istanbul compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Istanbul ranked 1st best city to live in Turkey vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 850th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Istanbul vs Yekaterinburg

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	Istanbul	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.14	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.7	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	47.81%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1719	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.74	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.81	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.3	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17728	$4946

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Cities near Istanbul

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Cayirova	$599
46 km or 28 mi	Gebze	$573
73 km or 45 mi	Korfez	$782
79 km or 49 mi	Kocaeli	$718
83 km or 51 mi	Golcuk	$835
87 km or 54 mi	Izmit	$1113
91 km or 56 mi	Kapakli	$701
92 km or 57 mi	Bursa	$743
96 km or 59 mi	Kartepe	$872
98 km or 61 mi	Corlu	$690
111 km or 69 mi	Bandirma	$679
113 km or 70 mi	Inegol	$708
121 km or 75 mi	Tekirdag	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Adapazari	$455
124 km or 77 mi	Sakarya	$547
129 km or 80 mi	Bilecik	$755
141 km or 88 mi	Luleburgaz	$661
166 km or 103 mi	Kirklareli	$642
176 km or 110 mi	Balikesir	$707
186 km or 115 mi	Duzce	$535
190 km or 118 mi	Eskisehir	$691
192 km or 120 mi	Uzunkopru	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Kutahya	$568
207 km or 129 mi	Burgas	$721
208 km or 129 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
214 km or 133 mi	Edirne	$624
224 km or 139 mi	Bolu	$616
234 km or 145 mi	Soma	$679
236 km or 147 mi	Canakkale	$690
259 km or 161 mi	Varna	$892
260 km or 162 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
261 km or 162 mi	Yambol	$546
261 km or 162 mi	Usak	$629
284 km or 177 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
287 km or 178 mi	Sliven	$631
290 km or 180 mi	Salihli	$677
290 km or 180 mi	Bartin	$710
295 km or 184 mi	Manisa	$638
296 km or 184 mi	Mytilene	$934
299 km or 186 mi	Komotini	$899

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