Kumasi vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kumasi	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$606	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$200	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$329	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	38	48
😀 Quality of life	44	64
🏙️ Population	3.9M	1.47M

The cost of living in Kumasi is 48% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7936th and 4849th ($606 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th in Ghana and Russia, respectively. Check Ghana vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kumasi compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kumasi ranked 2nd best city to live in Ghana vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 7305th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kumasi vs Yekaterinburg

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	Kumasi	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.1	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.99	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$0.94	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$88.4	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$150	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$162	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$273	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.9	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.5	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.91%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6571	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3759	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.93	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.9	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.53	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.37	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.38	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.95	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.97	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$37.8	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$98.1	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5705	$7933

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Cities near Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$714
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$762
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$745
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$927
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$697
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$1049
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$583
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$500
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$727
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$665
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1037
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$1043
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1185
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$666
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$657
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$1044
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$656
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$1100
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$656
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$596
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1044
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$1067
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$661
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$830
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$654
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$1062
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$863
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$1076
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$995
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$946
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$896
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$846
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$658
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$830
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$639
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$988
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$891
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$836

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754