Pattaya vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Pattaya	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$839	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2090	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$435	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$291	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.8	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$474	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	31	48
😀 Quality of life	59	64
🏙️ Population	120K	1.47M

The cost of living in Pattaya is 28% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6606th and 4849th ($839 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Thailand and Russia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Pattaya compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Pattaya ranked 3rd best city to live in Thailand vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 6029th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Pattaya vs Yekaterinburg

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	Pattaya	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.67	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.8	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.14	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$864	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$599	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.3	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.98%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2563	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.69	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.53	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.72	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.93	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.6	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13971	$7933

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Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$809
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$784
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$789
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$724
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$794
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$996
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$761
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$787
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$762
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$616
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$671
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$603
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$718
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$644
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$601
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$567
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$586
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$707
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$679
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$735
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$554
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$582
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$518
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$582
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$893
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$543
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$518
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$776
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$575
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$564
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$668
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$601
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$530
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$508

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754