Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1648	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3908	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$829	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$1438	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$564	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2878	$1033
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	38	48
😀 Quality of life	87	64
🏙️ Population	574K	1.47M

The cost of living in Quebec City is 42% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3402nd and 4849th ($1648 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 116th and 4th 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 21st best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 327th and 5361st 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	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.9	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$907	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$680	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1247	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.4	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.6	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.49%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6977	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2884	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.78	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.9	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.9	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$703	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8149	$7933

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Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1638
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1002
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1457
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1238
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1219
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1441
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1365
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1421
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1504
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1122
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1289
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1533
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1421
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1384
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1816
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1817
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1829
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1828
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1861
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1892
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1874
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2051
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1901
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1937
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1828
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2058
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1921
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1913

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