Pohang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Pohang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2423	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$465	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.5	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2219	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	59	48
😀 Quality of life	71	64
🏙️ Population	504K	1.47M

The cost of living in Pohang is 15% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5654th and 4849th ($989 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 4th 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 36th best city to live in South Korea vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 3473rd and 5361st 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	$5.25	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.83	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.3	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.2%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6566	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.9	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.77	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.8	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.8	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.7	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.79	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.15	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.35	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.7	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.6	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.94	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.74	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17754	$7933

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Cities near Pohang

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Gyeongju	$924
39 km or 24 mi	Yeongcheon	$964
54 km or 33 mi	Ulsan	$957
62 km or 38 mi	Gyeongsan	$943
71 km or 44 mi	Daegu	$992
82 km or 51 mi	Miryang	$1023
83 km or 51 mi	Andong	$883
83 km or 51 mi	Yangsan	$1044
93 km or 58 mi	Gumi	$914
99 km or 61 mi	Gimhae	$1014
106 km or 66 mi	Changwon	$1013
108 km or 67 mi	Busan	$1084
110 km or 68 mi	Yeongju	$961
113 km or 70 mi	Gimcheon	$887
116 km or 72 mi	Sangju	$919
120 km or 74 mi	Masan	$992
122 km or 76 mi	Mungyeong	$931
127 km or 79 mi	Sacheon	$974
131 km or 82 mi	Taebaek	$950
149 km or 92 mi	Jinju	$1051
149 km or 93 mi	Geoje	$946
157 km or 98 mi	Tongyeong	$982
158 km or 98 mi	Samcheok	$953
160 km or 100 mi	Jecheon	$993
165 km or 103 mi	Chungju	$852
170 km or 105 mi	Donghae	$960
180 km or 112 mi	Tsushima Island	$899
181 km or 112 mi	Cheongju	$865
181 km or 113 mi	Daejeon	$905
192 km or 119 mi	Namwon	$930
192 km or 119 mi	Gyeryong	$933
193 km or 120 mi	Gwangyang	$955
193 km or 120 mi	Sejong	$971
194 km or 121 mi	Wonju	$1062
196 km or 122 mi	Gangneung	$863
201 km or 125 mi	Jeonju	$771
204 km or 126 mi	Tsushima	$896
206 km or 128 mi	Nonsan	$990
206 km or 128 mi	Gongju	$1009
208 km or 129 mi	Suncheon	$973

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