Raleigh vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Raleigh Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2477
$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5984
$1767
🏠 One person rent
$1542
$347
🏘️ Family rent
$2792
$703
🍽️ Food expenses
$647
$227
🚐 Transport expenses
$98.6
$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4931
$601
😷 Air quality
Good
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
14 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
82
46
😀 Quality of life
89
60
🏙️ Population
468K
1.47M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 253% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 806th and 6924th ($2477 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 719th and 16th 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Raleigh ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 202nd and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Raleigh Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$18
$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$77.6
$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.4
$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$6.03
$1.62
 Cappuccino
$5.49
$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.95
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1570
$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1231
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2956
$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2331
$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$166
$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$258
$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$77.4
$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.54%
12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$7431
$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3484
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.25
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$61.2
$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$15.1
$4.47
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.88
$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.99
$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$4.08
$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.41
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.78
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.9
$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.7
$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.6
$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.67
$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.71
$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.94
$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.28
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.67
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.98
$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.69
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.39
$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.1
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.76
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$7.71
$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.3
$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.96
$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.23
$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.56
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$42.4
$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.2
$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$158
$17
💇 Haircut, simple
$23.2
$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans
$60.2
$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$107
$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1530
$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$22229
$4718

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance City Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi Garner
$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi Cary
$2383
17 km or 10 mi Morrisville
$1859
21 km or 13 mi Wake Forest
$2228
21 km or 13 mi Apex
$2217
25 km or 16 mi Holly Springs
$2137
28 km or 18 mi Fuquay-Varina
$2158
30 km or 19 mi Durham
$2146
38 km or 23 mi Chapel Hill
$2212
60 km or 37 mi Henderson
$2141
61 km or 38 mi Sanford
$2105
65 km or 41 mi Wilson
$2057
77 km or 48 mi Rocky Mount
$2043
77 km or 48 mi Goldsboro
$1697
78 km or 49 mi Burlington
$2122
87 km or 54 mi Fayetteville
$2054
106 km or 66 mi Asheboro
$2110
109 km or 68 mi Danville
$1791
110 km or 68 mi Greensboro
$2012
114 km or 71 mi Roanoke Rapids
$2099
114 km or 71 mi Kinston
$2060
117 km or 73 mi Greenville
$2026
123 km or 76 mi High Point
$2110
129 km or 80 mi Thomasville
$2094
133 km or 83 mi Kernersville
$2162
137 km or 85 mi Lumberton
$2076
141 km or 87 mi Rockingham
$2105
149 km or 92 mi Winston-Salem
$1882
163 km or 101 mi Jacksonville
$1972
165 km or 103 mi New Bern
$1917
166 km or 103 mi Salisbury
$2081
182 km or 113 mi Kannapolis
$2119
182 km or 113 mi Lynchburg
$1705
183 km or 114 mi Concord
$2146
189 km or 117 mi Havelock
$2022
190 km or 118 mi Wilmington
$2135
191 km or 119 mi Petersburg
$2299
196 km or 122 mi Monroe
$2194
196 km or 122 mi Mint Hill
$2288
198 km or 123 mi Roanoke
$1753

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