Pyongyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Pyongyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1659	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3633	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$946	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$1645	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$492	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$168	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$138	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	19	46
😀 Quality of life	23	64
🏙️ Population	2.86M	1.47M

The cost of living in Pyongyang is 73% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3285th and 5881st ($1659 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in North Korea and Russia, respectively. Check North Korea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Pyongyang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Pyongyang ranked 1st best city to live in North Korea vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 9031st and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Pyongyang vs Yekaterinburg

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	Pyongyang	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.36	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$793	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1439	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1667	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.2	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.51	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.38	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.97	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$98.7	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3611	$7319

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Cities near Pyongyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Pyongsong	$1550
44 km or 27 mi	Nampo	$1565
46 km or 29 mi	Sunchon	$1573
59 km or 36 mi	Sariwon	$1560
65 km or 41 mi	Anju	$1563
76 km or 47 mi	Kaechon	$1569
77 km or 48 mi	Chongju	$1553
95 km or 59 mi	Tokchon	$1555
111 km or 69 mi	Haeju	$1565
115 km or 71 mi	Kusong	$1544
135 km or 84 mi	Huichon	$1544
138 km or 86 mi	Kaesong	$1568
149 km or 92 mi	Wonsan	$1569
163 km or 102 mi	Paju	$1065
165 km or 102 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
165 km or 103 mi	Donggang	$537
167 km or 104 mi	Dandong	$550
170 km or 106 mi	Dongducheon	$1023
178 km or 111 mi	Gimpo	$1098
180 km or 112 mi	Yangju	$948
180 km or 112 mi	Pocheon	$1028
181 km or 112 mi	Goyang	$1097
183 km or 113 mi	Uijeongbu	$918
184 km or 114 mi	Hamhung	$1607
192 km or 119 mi	Incheon	$1088
193 km or 120 mi	Bucheon	$1175
195 km or 121 mi	Seoul	$1383
199 km or 124 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1090
202 km or 125 mi	Guri	$1134
202 km or 125 mi	Namyangju	$1138
209 km or 130 mi	Gwacheon	$1078
210 km or 130 mi	Anyang	$1004
210 km or 131 mi	Hanam	$1178
212 km or 132 mi	Ansan	$1049
213 km or 132 mi	Fengcheng	$517
213 km or 133 mi	Gunpo	$1112
215 km or 134 mi	Seongnam	$1435
216 km or 134 mi	Uiwang	$1080
216 km or 134 mi	Siheung	$1307
217 km or 135 mi	Chuncheon	$874

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