Kigali vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kigali	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$771	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1896	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$419	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.3	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$253	$696
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	28	46
😀 Quality of life	45	60
🏙️ Population	1.16M	1.47M

The cost of living in Kigali is 0.7% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6562nd and 6596th ($771 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Rwanda and Russia, respectively. Check Rwanda vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kigali compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kigali ranked 1st best city to live in Rwanda vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6577th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kigali vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kigali	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.63	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.04	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1132	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.17%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17658	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$945	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.4	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.58	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.94	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.56	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.78	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.1	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9282	$4946

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kigali

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Byumba	$613
56 km or 35 mi	Nyanza	$518
69 km or 43 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
80 km or 50 mi	Butare	$413
80 km or 50 mi	Kibuye	$479
95 km or 59 mi	Gisenyi	$381
104 km or 65 mi	Muyinga	$650
109 km or 68 mi	Ngozi	$648
142 km or 88 mi	Cyangugu	$496
145 km or 90 mi	Bubanza	$648
148 km or 92 mi	Bukavu	$759
164 km or 102 mi	Gitega	$651
170 km or 105 mi	Ruyigi	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Bujumbura	$719
191 km or 119 mi	Uvira	$803
219 km or 136 mi	Rutana	$648
243 km or 151 mi	Kasese	$573
244 km or 152 mi	Makamba	$647
246 km or 153 mi	Butembo	$768
281 km or 174 mi	Beni	$785
322 km or 200 mi	Mwanza	$625
348 km or 216 mi	Entebbe	$558
377 km or 234 mi	Kampala	$698
388 km or 241 mi	Kira Town	$646
392 km or 244 mi	Bunia	$801
438 km or 272 mi	Jinja	$562
451 km or 280 mi	Kalemie	$747
473 km or 294 mi	Kindu	$746
544 km or 338 mi	Tororo	$602
554 km or 344 mi	Mumias	$490
561 km or 348 mi	Kisumu	$522
562 km or 349 mi	Arua	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Mbale	$605
581 km or 361 mi	Gulu	$594
593 km or 368 mi	Isiro	$843
607 km or 377 mi	Kisangani	$910
642 km or 399 mi	Eldoret	$483
693 km or 431 mi	Nakuru	$500
748 km or 465 mi	Yambio	$495
752 km or 467 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