Izmir vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Izmir	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$437	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$792	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.5	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$681	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	68	46
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.47M

The cost of living in Izmir is 19% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5990th and 6596th ($909 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 Izmir compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Izmir ranked 3rd best city to live in Turkey vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 3369th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Izmir vs Yekaterinburg

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	Izmir	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.23	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.4	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.03%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1020	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.93	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.07	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.36	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.9	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.6	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.77	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$409	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9671	$4946

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Cities near Izmir

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Manisa	$638
50 km or 31 mi	Turgutlu	$675
63 km or 39 mi	Kusadasi	$764
64 km or 39 mi	Tire	$681
87 km or 54 mi	Chios	$1099
87 km or 54 mi	Salihli	$677
88 km or 55 mi	Aydin	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Mytilene	$934
95 km or 59 mi	Soma	$679
117 km or 73 mi	Nazilli	$643
152 km or 94 mi	Balikesir	$707
155 km or 96 mi	Bodrum	$1038
171 km or 106 mi	Mugla	$773
185 km or 115 mi	Denizli	$477
192 km or 119 mi	Mykonos	$1838
199 km or 124 mi	Usak	$629
200 km or 124 mi	Marmaris	$1049
203 km or 126 mi	Canakkale	$690
227 km or 141 mi	Bandirma	$679
240 km or 149 mi	Rhodes	$1070
257 km or 160 mi	Bursa	$743
265 km or 164 mi	Fethiye	$843
268 km or 167 mi	Santorini	$1659
271 km or 168 mi	Kutahya	$568
276 km or 171 mi	Inegol	$708
286 km or 178 mi	Burdur	$554
288 km or 179 mi	Tekirdag	$661
292 km or 181 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
292 km or 182 mi	Kifissia	$1265
298 km or 185 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
299 km or 186 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
300 km or 186 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
302 km or 187 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
302 km or 188 mi	Glyfada	$1437
303 km or 188 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 188 mi	Athens	$1272
304 km or 189 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
305 km or 189 mi	Kallithea	$1159
305 km or 190 mi	Peristeri	$1082
305 km or 190 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258

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