Perth vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	96	63
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.47M

The cost of living in Perth is 132% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 978th and 5278th ($2448 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 10th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Yekaterinburg

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	Perth	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$7937

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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