Kobe vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kobe	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1076	$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2686	$1762
🏠 One person rent	$489	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$946	$708
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2275	$605
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	46
😀 Quality of life	96	60
🏙️ Population	1.52M	1.47M

The cost of living in Kobe is 59% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4822nd and 6984th ($1076 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 106th and 11th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kobe compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kobe ranked 3rd best city to live in Japan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 14th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kobe	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.36	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$906	$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.63%	13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3336	$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.25	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.3	$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.3	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$336	$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9012	$4747

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Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1006
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1085
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1060
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1024
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1058
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$993
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1006
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1005
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$995
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$977
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$972
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$996
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1006
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1116
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1000
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$996
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$997
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$997
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1103
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1012
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$995
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1284
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1012
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$994
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$994
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1069
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$990
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1105
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$995
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1024
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1048
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$997
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$998
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$995
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1103
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1041
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$993
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1015

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$497
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$487
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$537
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$636
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$488
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$547
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$734
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$567
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$468
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$605
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$448
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$494
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$456
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$660
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$646
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$559
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$623
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$500
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$517
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$402
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$526
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$518
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$614
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$814
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$414
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$632