Kocaeli vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kocaeli	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1853	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$306	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$249	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$727	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	55	46
😀 Quality of life	66	60
🏙️ Population	1.85M	1.47M

The cost of living in Kocaeli is 6% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6806th and 6596th ($718 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 14th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kocaeli compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kocaeli ranked 4th best city to live in Turkey vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 4014th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kocaeli vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kocaeli	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.86	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.89	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	32.09%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1005	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$692	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.94	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.25	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.86	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.8	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.88	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.2	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.3	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5483	$4946

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kocaeli

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Izmit	$1113
13 km or 8.1 mi	Korfez	$782
21 km or 13 mi	Golcuk	$835
22 km or 13 mi	Kartepe	$872
38 km or 24 mi	Gebze	$573
42 km or 26 mi	Cayirova	$599
45 km or 28 mi	Adapazari	$455
45 km or 28 mi	Sakarya	$547
79 km or 49 mi	Istanbul	$1248
79 km or 49 mi	Bilecik	$755
91 km or 57 mi	Inegol	$708
101 km or 63 mi	Bursa	$743
108 km or 67 mi	Duzce	$535
131 km or 82 mi	Eskisehir	$691
137 km or 85 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
146 km or 90 mi	Bolu	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Kutahya	$568
169 km or 105 mi	Kapakli	$701
170 km or 106 mi	Bandirma	$679
177 km or 110 mi	Corlu	$690
199 km or 124 mi	Tekirdag	$661
216 km or 134 mi	Balikesir	$707
220 km or 137 mi	Luleburgaz	$661
223 km or 139 mi	Bartin	$710
234 km or 146 mi	Karabuk	$627
239 km or 148 mi	Polatli	$691
240 km or 149 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
242 km or 151 mi	Kirklareli	$642
245 km or 152 mi	Usak	$629
268 km or 167 mi	Soma	$679
271 km or 169 mi	Burgas	$721
271 km or 169 mi	Uzunkopru	$652
272 km or 169 mi	Ankara	$959
292 km or 182 mi	Edirne	$624
303 km or 188 mi	Salihli	$677
304 km or 189 mi	Canakkale	$690
308 km or 191 mi	Varna	$892
316 km or 197 mi	Cankiri	$650
321 km or 200 mi	Turgutlu	$675
324 km or 201 mi	Manisa	$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