Pohang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Pohang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1024	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2451	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$471	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2213	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	59	46
😀 Quality of life	70	64
🏙️ Population	504K	1.47M

The cost of living in Pohang is 6% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5383rd and 5881st ($1024 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 6th in South Korea and Russia, respectively. Check South Korea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Pohang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Pohang ranked 40th best city to live in South Korea vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 3894th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Pohang vs Yekaterinburg

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	Pohang	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.58	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.05	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.4	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$554	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.8	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.24%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6706	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2785	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.95	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.27	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.8	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.72	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.4	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.59	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.8	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$462	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13593	$7319

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Cities near Pohang

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Gyeongju	$1097
39 km or 24 mi	Yeongcheon	$1008
54 km or 33 mi	Ulsan	$1076
62 km or 38 mi	Gyeongsan	$1001
71 km or 44 mi	Daegu	$1062
82 km or 51 mi	Miryang	$1038
83 km or 51 mi	Andong	$929
83 km or 51 mi	Yangsan	$1039
93 km or 58 mi	Gumi	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Gimhae	$975
106 km or 66 mi	Changwon	$1084
108 km or 67 mi	Busan	$1108
110 km or 68 mi	Yeongju	$1005
113 km or 70 mi	Gimcheon	$934
116 km or 72 mi	Sangju	$957
120 km or 74 mi	Masan	$1008
122 km or 76 mi	Mungyeong	$973
127 km or 79 mi	Sacheon	$984
131 km or 82 mi	Taebaek	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Jinju	$1064
149 km or 93 mi	Geoje	$913
157 km or 98 mi	Tongyeong	$934
158 km or 98 mi	Samcheok	$1001
160 km or 100 mi	Jecheon	$1037
165 km or 103 mi	Chungju	$920
170 km or 105 mi	Donghae	$1003
180 km or 112 mi	Tsushima Island	$937
181 km or 112 mi	Cheongju	$924
181 km or 113 mi	Daejeon	$959
192 km or 119 mi	Namwon	$980
192 km or 119 mi	Gyeryong	$976
193 km or 120 mi	Gwangyang	$991
193 km or 120 mi	Sejong	$1020
194 km or 121 mi	Wonju	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Gangneung	$910
201 km or 125 mi	Jeonju	$831
204 km or 126 mi	Tsushima	$933
206 km or 128 mi	Nonsan	$1046
206 km or 128 mi	Gongju	$1063
208 km or 129 mi	Suncheon	$1016

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617