Okayama vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Okayama	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$980	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2649	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$364	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$672	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$391	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1508	$601
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	68	46
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	720K	1.47M

The cost of living in Okayama is 40% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5836th and 6924th ($980 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 769th and 16th 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 460th best city to live in Japan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 3256th and 5229th 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	$5.97	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$751	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$494	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.5	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7645	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4354	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.8	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.45	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.2	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.5	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.99	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.9	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.1	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$616	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14206	$4718

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Cities near Okayama

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Akaiwa	$977
15 km or 9.4 mi	Kurashiki	$1103
16 km or 9.8 mi	Soja	$997
16 km or 10 mi	Setouchi	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Tamano	$984
27 km or 17 mi	Bizen	$1025
32 km or 20 mi	Takahashi	$995
33 km or 21 mi	Asakuchi	$983
37 km or 23 mi	Sakaide	$975
41 km or 25 mi	Kasaoka	$961
42 km or 26 mi	Marugame	$985
42 km or 26 mi	Ibara	$962
43 km or 27 mi	Sanuki	$987
44 km or 28 mi	Takamatsu	$960
45 km or 28 mi	Ayagawa	$958
45 km or 28 mi	Tadotsu	$993
45 km or 28 mi	Ako	$1075
45 km or 28 mi	Mimasaka	$1044
47 km or 29 mi	Miki	$953
48 km or 30 mi	Zentsuji	$993
50 km or 31 mi	Maniwa	$1022
53 km or 33 mi	Aioi	$1088
54 km or 34 mi	Fukuyama	$987
55 km or 34 mi	Niimi	$1002
56 km or 35 mi	Tsuyama	$1049
59 km or 37 mi	Mitoyo	$1010
61 km or 38 mi	Higashikagawa	$1231
62 km or 38 mi	Tatsuno	$1099
63 km or 39 mi	Kan'onji	$1017
63 km or 39 mi	Fuchu	$954
64 km or 40 mi	Taishi	$1103
70 km or 43 mi	Shiso	$1085
70 km or 44 mi	Awa	$1205
70 km or 44 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
70 km or 44 mi	Mima	$1145
70 km or 44 mi	Onomichi	$960
72 km or 45 mi	Himeji	$1212
77 km or 48 mi	Yoshinogawa	$1432
79 km or 49 mi	Aizumi	$1607
80 km or 50 mi	Ishii	$1582

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628