Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1791	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4030	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$919	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$1392	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2544	$601
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	46
😀 Quality of life	86	60
🏙️ Population	549K	1.47M

The cost of living in Quebec City is 155% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2544th and 6924th ($1791 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 95th and 16th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Quebec City compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Quebec City ranked 26th best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 316th and 5229th 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	$18.6	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.3	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.62	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.48	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$837	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1444	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1178	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.5	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3034	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.8	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.6	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.06	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.84	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.19	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.5	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.9	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$850	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6253	$4718

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Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1766
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1462
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1509
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1211
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1082
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1410
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1645
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1449
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1613
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1544
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1566
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1539
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1540
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1582
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1187
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1836
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1823
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1845
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1821
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1878
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1901
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1896
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2057
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1954
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1960
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1861
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$1996
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1927
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1751

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628