Ningbo vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ningbo	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$302	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$533	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$72	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$768	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	9.4M	1.47M

The cost of living in Ningbo is 26% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7025th and 5881st ($713 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 6th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ningbo compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ningbo ranked 49th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6133rd and 5334th 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	$4.21	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.3	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.32	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$425	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.9	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.65	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5268	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3300	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.29	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.88	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.01	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.69	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.62	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.3	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15234	$7319

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Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$576
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$740
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$597
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$826
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1128
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1003
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$672
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$631
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$673
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$771
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$586
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$632
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$696
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$679
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$696
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$753
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$612
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$674
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$642
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$547
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$700
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$634
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$637
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$639
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$601
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$621
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$604
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$659
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$622
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$630
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$597
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$597
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$620
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$634
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$618
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$531

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617