Niamey vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$609	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	12	46
😀 Quality of life	35	60
🏙️ Population	1.5M	1.47M

The cost of living in Niamey is 33% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5369th and 6596th ($1019 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Niger and Russia, respectively. Check Niger vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 7468th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niamey vs Yekaterinburg

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	Niamey	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$4946

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658