Kampala vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kampala	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1738	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$314	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.5	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$178	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	34 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	53	46
😀 Quality of life	44	60
🏙️ Population	1.68M	1.47M

The cost of living in Kampala is 9% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6903rd and 6596th ($698 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Uganda and Russia, respectively. Check Uganda vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kampala compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kampala ranked 1st best city to live in Uganda vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6624th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kampala vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kampala	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.1	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.92	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1184	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$387	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$976	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.82	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.8	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.68	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.45	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.2	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.39	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$33.6	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$125	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4369	$4946

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Cities near Kampala

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Kira Town	$646
32 km or 20 mi	Entebbe	$558
70 km or 44 mi	Jinja	$562
183 km or 114 mi	Tororo	$602
197 km or 122 mi	Mbale	$605
212 km or 131 mi	Mumias	$490
246 km or 153 mi	Kisumu	$522
274 km or 171 mi	Gulu	$594
288 km or 179 mi	Kasese	$573
294 km or 183 mi	Bunia	$801
301 km or 187 mi	Eldoret	$483
317 km or 197 mi	Mwanza	$625
347 km or 216 mi	Beni	$785
350 km or 217 mi	Byumba	$613
355 km or 220 mi	Arua	$585
366 km or 227 mi	Butembo	$768
377 km or 234 mi	Kigali	$771
384 km or 238 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
393 km or 244 mi	Nakuru	$500
431 km or 268 mi	Muyinga	$650
432 km or 269 mi	Nyanza	$518
432 km or 269 mi	Gisenyi	$381
446 km or 277 mi	Kibuye	$479
452 km or 281 mi	Butare	$413
471 km or 293 mi	Ngozi	$648
494 km or 307 mi	Ruyigi	$648
503 km or 313 mi	Nairobi	$760
510 km or 317 mi	Gitega	$651
514 km or 320 mi	Cyangugu	$496
516 km or 321 mi	Juba	$513
517 km or 321 mi	Bubanza	$648
520 km or 323 mi	Bukavu	$759
523 km or 325 mi	Thika	$589
545 km or 339 mi	Bujumbura	$719
551 km or 343 mi	Rutana	$648
559 km or 348 mi	Machakos	$408
563 km or 350 mi	Uvira	$803
564 km or 351 mi	Meru	$541
583 km or 362 mi	Makamba	$647
613 km or 381 mi	Arusha	$638

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