Ningbo vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ningbo	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$708	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2004	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$301	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$591	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$274	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$725	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	53	60
🏙️ Population	9.4M	1.47M

The cost of living in Ningbo is 7% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6849th and 6596th ($708 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ningbo compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ningbo ranked 48th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6084th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ningbo vs Yekaterinburg

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	Ningbo	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.44	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.76	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$752	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$463	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.7	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.8	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3264	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.23	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.43	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.6	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.3	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12465	$4946

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522

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