Raleigh vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Raleigh Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2317
$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5372
$2512
🏠 One person rent
$1430
$559
🏘️ Family rent
$2327
$974
🍽️ Food expenses
$612
$342
🚐 Transport expenses
$90.3
$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4411
$939
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
14 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
82
48
😀 Quality of life
89
63
🏙️ Population
468K
1.47M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 120% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1246th and 5278th ($2317 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1054th and 5th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Raleigh ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 245th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Yekaterinburg

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Raleigh Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$18
$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$72.5
$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$9.6
$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.67
$1.98
☕ Cappuccino
$6.02
$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.48
$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1562
$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1149
$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2603
$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1919
$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$133
$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$207
$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$65.1
$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.42%
19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3603
$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2208
$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.68
$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$48.1
$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$16.3
$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.79
$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.97
$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.39
$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.78
$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.45
$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.3
$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.4
$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.8
$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.47
$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.26
$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.98
$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.45
$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.68
$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.36
$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.46
$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.63
$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15
$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.92
$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.71
$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.6
$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.44
$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.97
$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.73
$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$44.2
$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$15
$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$137
$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$28.8
$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans
$54.3
$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$108
$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1374
$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$24650
$7937

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance City Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi Garner
$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi Cary
$2470
17 km or 10 mi Morrisville
$1831
21 km or 13 mi Wake Forest
$2194
21 km or 13 mi Apex
$2278
25 km or 16 mi Holly Springs
$2313
28 km or 18 mi Fuquay-Varina
$2242
30 km or 19 mi Durham
$2109
38 km or 23 mi Chapel Hill
$2308
60 km or 37 mi Henderson
$2111
61 km or 38 mi Sanford
$1943
65 km or 41 mi Wilson
$2003
77 km or 48 mi Rocky Mount
$1780
77 km or 48 mi Goldsboro
$1773
78 km or 49 mi Burlington
$2123
87 km or 54 mi Fayetteville
$2159
106 km or 66 mi Asheboro
$2081
109 km or 68 mi Danville
$1750
110 km or 68 mi Greensboro
$2036
114 km or 71 mi Roanoke Rapids
$2056
114 km or 71 mi Kinston
$2088
117 km or 73 mi Greenville
$2057
123 km or 76 mi High Point
$1917
129 km or 80 mi Thomasville
$2030
133 km or 83 mi Kernersville
$2202
137 km or 85 mi Lumberton
$1987
141 km or 87 mi Rockingham
$2079
149 km or 92 mi Winston-Salem
$2122
163 km or 101 mi Jacksonville
$2001
165 km or 103 mi New Bern
$1847
166 km or 103 mi Salisbury
$2080
182 km or 113 mi Kannapolis
$2027
182 km or 113 mi Lynchburg
$1814
183 km or 114 mi Concord
$1963
189 km or 117 mi Havelock
$1969
190 km or 118 mi Wilmington
$2211
191 km or 119 mi Petersburg
$2378
196 km or 122 mi Monroe
$2126
196 km or 122 mi Mint Hill
$2174
198 km or 123 mi Roanoke
$1736

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