Lyon vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lyon	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4202	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$852	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$1475	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$607	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3220	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	48
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	519K	1.47M

The cost of living in Lyon is 68% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3001st and 5278th ($1764 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 42nd and 5th in France and Russia, respectively. Check France vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Lyon compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Lyon ranked 4th best city to live in France vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 221st and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Yekaterinburg

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	Lyon	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.7	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.81	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$874	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1564	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1118	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7010	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4172	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.8	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.9	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$28	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.43	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.14	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.43	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.89	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$661	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12190	$7937

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1687
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1269
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1419
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1584
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1619
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1392
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1331
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1581
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1876
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3501
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$3431
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$3436
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3507
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3731
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1397
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1256
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1556
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1172
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3833
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1508
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$2014
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$3277
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$3299
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1521
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3524
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$3222
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1635
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1295
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1488
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1694
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$3150
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1542
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$2465
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2823
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2874
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2654
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1435
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1479
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1652
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2997

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688