Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1632	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3776	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$826	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$1323	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$538	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	38	46
😀 Quality of life	88	64
🏙️ Population	549K	1.47M

The cost of living in Quebec City is 70% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3402nd and 5881st ($1632 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 116th and 6th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Quebec City compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Quebec City ranked 25th best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 300th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg

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	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.4	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$714	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1419	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1141	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.4	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.88%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9628	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3472	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.6	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.17	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.04	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.14	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.8	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$816	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6103	$7319

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Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1622
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1019
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1470
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1265
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1136
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1388
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1363
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1420
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1549
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1455
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1077
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1223
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1486
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1586
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1449
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1304
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1120
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1776
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1767
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1786
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1766
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1820
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1853
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1842
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2055
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1805
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1903
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1911
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1814
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$1930
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1892
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1763

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