London vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	London	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3851	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8597	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$2689	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$4575	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	99	64
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.47M

The cost of living in London is 300% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8th and 5881st ($3851 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in London compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in London vs Yekaterinburg

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	London	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.2	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.11	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3237	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2291	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4710	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4163	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$21687	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11040	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.04	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.5	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.31	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.76	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.97	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.6	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2511	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27583	$7319

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2960
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2512
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2449
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2514
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2435
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2367
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2352
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2337
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2633
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2374
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2456
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2200
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2197
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2273
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2655
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2091
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2515
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2224
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2205
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2785
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2164
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2559
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2275
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2223
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2469
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1780
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2118
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2122
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2132
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2160
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2419
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2000
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2245
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2416
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2165

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617