Okayama vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Okayama	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2393	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$326	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1418	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	720K	1.47M

The cost of living in Okayama is 5% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6116th and 5881st ($918 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 791st and 6th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Okayama compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Okayama ranked 404th best city to live in Japan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 3262nd and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Okayama vs Yekaterinburg

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	Okayama	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.7	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$710	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$397	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.4	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.6	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.2	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.76%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6628	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3529	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.4	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$30.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10787	$7319

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Cities near Okayama

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Akaiwa	$931
15 km or 9.4 mi	Kurashiki	$1094
16 km or 9.8 mi	Soja	$973
16 km or 10 mi	Setouchi	$945
18 km or 11 mi	Tamano	$975
27 km or 17 mi	Bizen	$980
32 km or 20 mi	Takahashi	$958
33 km or 21 mi	Asakuchi	$956
37 km or 23 mi	Sakaide	$1038
41 km or 25 mi	Kasaoka	$920
42 km or 26 mi	Marugame	$1026
42 km or 26 mi	Ibara	$924
43 km or 27 mi	Sanuki	$1138
44 km or 28 mi	Takamatsu	$1199
45 km or 28 mi	Ayagawa	$1077
45 km or 28 mi	Tadotsu	$1021
45 km or 28 mi	Ako	$1000
45 km or 28 mi	Mimasaka	$975
47 km or 29 mi	Miki	$1158
48 km or 30 mi	Zentsuji	$1037
50 km or 31 mi	Maniwa	$964
53 km or 33 mi	Aioi	$990
54 km or 34 mi	Fukuyama	$927
55 km or 34 mi	Niimi	$951
56 km or 35 mi	Tsuyama	$964
59 km or 37 mi	Mitoyo	$1029
61 km or 38 mi	Higashikagawa	$1304
62 km or 38 mi	Tatsuno	$977
63 km or 39 mi	Kan'onji	$1024
63 km or 39 mi	Fuchu	$916
64 km or 40 mi	Taishi	$972
70 km or 43 mi	Shiso	$987
70 km or 44 mi	Awa	$1317
70 km or 44 mi	Miyoshi	$1077
70 km or 44 mi	Mima	$1260
70 km or 44 mi	Onomichi	$954
72 km or 45 mi	Himeji	$1029
77 km or 48 mi	Yoshinogawa	$1457
79 km or 49 mi	Aizumi	$1584
80 km or 50 mi	Ishii	$1558

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