Kathmandu vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$131	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$696
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	28	46
😀 Quality of life	46	60
🏙️ Population	846K	1.47M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 45% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8918th and 6596th ($419 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Nepal and Russia, respectively. Check Nepal vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6495th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kathmandu	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$4946

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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