Juba vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Juba	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1242	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$214	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$358	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$127	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	11	48
😀 Quality of life	15	64
🏙️ Population	500K	1.47M

The cost of living in Juba is 56% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8618th and 4849th ($513 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in South Sudan and Russia, respectively. Check South Sudan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Juba compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Juba ranked 1st best city to live in South Sudan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 9200th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Juba vs Yekaterinburg

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	Juba	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.29	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$361	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.7	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.6%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1366	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$797	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.1	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.5	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.72	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.51	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.84	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.09	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.5	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.6	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$116	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4026	$7933

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Cities near Juba

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Bor	$505
216 km or 134 mi	Arua	$577
245 km or 152 mi	Gulu	$591
354 km or 220 mi	Yambio	$494
395 km or 245 mi	Bunia	$810
498 km or 310 mi	Isiro	$860
507 km or 315 mi	Mbale	$624
508 km or 316 mi	Kira Town	$635
510 km or 317 mi	Wau	$505
516 km or 321 mi	Kampala	$697
521 km or 324 mi	Malakal	$494
523 km or 325 mi	Jinja	$573
539 km or 335 mi	Beni	$795
542 km or 337 mi	Entebbe	$531
544 km or 338 mi	Tororo	$603
544 km or 338 mi	Kasese	$541
584 km or 363 mi	Butembo	$784
596 km or 370 mi	Mumias	$524
632 km or 393 mi	Eldoret	$513
652 km or 405 mi	Kisumu	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Jimma	$746
735 km or 457 mi	Byumba	$671
738 km or 459 mi	Ruhengeri	$553
756 km or 470 mi	Nakuru	$532
773 km or 480 mi	Gisenyi	$411
776 km or 482 mi	Kigali	$872
798 km or 496 mi	Awasa	$910
808 km or 502 mi	Kibuye	$533
826 km or 514 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
827 km or 514 mi	Nyanza	$583
832 km or 517 mi	Mwanza	$613
854 km or 530 mi	Butare	$447
858 km or 533 mi	Meru	$543
860 km or 534 mi	Kisangani	$946
868 km or 539 mi	Muyinga	$688
869 km or 540 mi	Cyangugu	$543
872 km or 542 mi	Bukavu	$779
884 km or 549 mi	Ngozi	$689
895 km or 556 mi	Thika	$448
895 km or 556 mi	Nairobi	$807

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