Melbourne vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Melbourne Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2356
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5563
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$1336
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$2266
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$528
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$338
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3776
$605
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
100
46
😀 Quality of life
98
60
🏙️ Population
4.53M
1.47M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 248% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 933rd and 6984th ($2356 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 11th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Melbourne compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 2nd and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Melbourne Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$14.4
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$67
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$9.84
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$7
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$3.35
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.5
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1387
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1129
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2874
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1851
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$103
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$157
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$53.1
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.64%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$8760
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$7587
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.22
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$128
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$22.1
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.26
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.35
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.45
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.23
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.91
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.6
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.55
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.4
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.08
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.46
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.65
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.75
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.31
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.13
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.93
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.56
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$11.1
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.84
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$28.4
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$8.11
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.01
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.52
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$3.06
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$52.4
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.3
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$67.1
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$20.2
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$89.9
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$112
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1612
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$18868
$4747

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance City Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi South Yarra
$1702
24 km or 15 mi Hoppers Crossing
$1673
25 km or 16 mi Tarneit
$1658
29 km or 18 mi Dandenong
$1693
34 km or 21 mi Sunbury
$1746
37 km or 23 mi Melton
$1708
40 km or 25 mi Frankston
$1707
41 km or 25 mi Berwick
$1716
42 km or 26 mi Cranbourne
$1701
54 km or 34 mi Pakenham
$1719
65 km or 40 mi Geelong
$1688
102 km or 64 mi Ballarat
$1327
134 km or 83 mi Bendigo
$1317
144 km or 90 mi Traralgon
$1707
164 km or 102 mi Shepparton
$1672
226 km or 140 mi Warrnambool
$1639
367 km or 228 mi Mount Gambier
$1622
369 km or 230 mi Wagga Wagga
$1528
392 km or 244 mi Devonport
$1819
404 km or 251 mi Griffith
$1669
444 km or 276 mi Launceston
$1723
466 km or 290 mi Canberra
$2604
477 km or 296 mi Mildura
$1462
546 km or 339 mi Goulburn
$1723
597 km or 371 mi Hobart
$2203
628 km or 390 mi Orange
$1463
643 km or 399 mi Bathurst
$1610
651 km or 405 mi Wollongong
$1430
655 km or 407 mi Adelaide
$2180
700 km or 435 mi Blacktown
$1691
702 km or 436 mi Dubbo
$1404
703 km or 437 mi Parramatta
$2348
707 km or 440 mi Kellyville
$1903
713 km or 443 mi Sydney
$2741
728 km or 452 mi Dee Why
$1998
822 km or 511 mi Newcastle
$1461
891 km or 554 mi Whyalla
$1888
1015 km or 631 mi Port Macquarie
$1688
1021 km or 634 mi Armidale
$1354
1123 km or 698 mi Coffs Harbour
$1481

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632