Los Angeles vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Los Angeles	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3420	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7800	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$2177	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$3742	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$761	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$263	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4482	$1033
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	99	48
😀 Quality of life	93	64
🏙️ Population	3.9M	1.47M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 194% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 62nd and 4849th ($3420 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 4th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Los Angeles compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Los Angeles ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 50th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Los Angeles vs Yekaterinburg

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	Los Angeles	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.4	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$6.66	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2356	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4109	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.2	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8186	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7185	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.5	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.33	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.59	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.99	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.92	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.1	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.5	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1748	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23685	$7933

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000

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