Oslo vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Oslo	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2847	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6052	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$1639	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$2560	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$819	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4285	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	37 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	81	48
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	718K	1.47M

The cost of living in Oslo is 170% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 342nd and 5278th ($2847 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Norway and Russia, respectively. Check Norway vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Oslo compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Oslo ranked 1st best city to live in Norway vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 37th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oslo vs Yekaterinburg

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	Oslo	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.8	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$120	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$16.1	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.1	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1653	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2696	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2094	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11326	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7606	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.62	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.3	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.57	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$34.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.17	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.76	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.5	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.83	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.6	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.7	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.1	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.3	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$132	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$275	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15673	$7937

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Cities near Oslo

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	Baerum	$2208
25 km or 16 mi	Lillestrom	$2327
27 km or 17 mi	Asker	$2224
35 km or 22 mi	Jessheim	$2295
36 km or 22 mi	Drammen	$1876
50 km or 31 mi	Moss	$2079
57 km or 35 mi	Horten	$1957
68 km or 42 mi	Kongsberg	$2130
71 km or 44 mi	Tonsberg	$2073
74 km or 46 mi	Sarpsborg	$2018
78 km or 48 mi	Fredrikstad	$2262
92 km or 57 mi	Sandefjord	$2123
96 km or 60 mi	Halden	$1890
100 km or 62 mi	Hamar	$2114
103 km or 64 mi	Skien	$1959
104 km or 65 mi	Larvik	$1986
106 km or 66 mi	Porsgrunn	$1966
106 km or 66 mi	Arvika	$1481
108 km or 67 mi	Gjovik	$2164
135 km or 84 mi	Lillehammer	$1728
165 km or 103 mi	Karlstad	$1562
186 km or 115 mi	Uddevalla	$1588
194 km or 120 mi	Vanersborg	$1469
197 km or 122 mi	Arendal	$1965
201 km or 125 mi	Trollhattan	$1405
220 km or 137 mi	Mariestad	$1594
241 km or 150 mi	Mora	$1691
245 km or 152 mi	Skovde	$1656
247 km or 154 mi	Ludvika	$1397
252 km or 156 mi	Kristiansand	$1673
259 km or 161 mi	Gothenburg	$1864
260 km or 162 mi	Orebro	$1311
261 km or 162 mi	Molndal	$1738
266 km or 166 mi	Borlange	$1370
275 km or 171 mi	Boras	$1612
276 km or 171 mi	Frederikshavn	$1563
281 km or 175 mi	Falun	$1884
303 km or 188 mi	Sandnes	$2117
304 km or 189 mi	Stavanger	$2584
305 km or 190 mi	Bergen	$2409

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688