Kazan vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$375	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	54	46
😀 Quality of life	60	60
🏙️ Population	1.26M	1.47M

The cost of living in Kazan is 4% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6742nd and 6596th ($734 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 14th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ranked 7th vs 8th best cities to live in Russia, and 5162nd vs 5209th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kazan	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$4946

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

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