Pattaya vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Pattaya	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$874	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2115	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$463	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$800	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.1	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	31	48
😀 Quality of life	59	63
🏙️ Population	120K	1.47M

The cost of living in Pattaya is 17% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6471st and 5278th ($874 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th 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 6th in Russia, while ranked 6065th and 5513th 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	$3.85	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1002	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.3	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.7	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.7	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2865	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.2	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.75	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.7	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.38	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.36	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.2	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12044	$7937

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Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$846
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$823
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$829
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$768
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$833
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$1027
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$789
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$788
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$656
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$710
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$658
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$763
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$629
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$575
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$610
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$730
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$679
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$845
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$805
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$764
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$782
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$585
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$621
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$587
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$530
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$612
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$882
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$583
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$501
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$760
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$834
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$571
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$581
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$652
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$593
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$535
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$514

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