Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1695	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3907	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$873	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$1435	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$558	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2900	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	38	48
😀 Quality of life	88	63
🏙️ Population	549K	1.47M

The cost of living in Quebec City is 61% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3269th and 5278th ($1695 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 113th and 5th 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 28th best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 332nd and 5513th 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	$17.5	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.49	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$863	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1500	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1244	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8196	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2969	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.29	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.6	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$719	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7052	$7937

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Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1685
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1024
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1466
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1265
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1180
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1434
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1399
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1451
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1506
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1104
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1254
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1526
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1458
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1341
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1142
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1838
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1846
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1861
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1852
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1897
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1918
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1923
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2080
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1928
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1960
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1862
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2047
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1940
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1934

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688