Reykjavik vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Reykjavik	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3268	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6787	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$3029	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$894	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4361	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	52	82
😀 Quality of life	91	71
🏙️ Population	140K	5.65M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 236% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 88th and 5813th ($3268 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Iceland and Russia, respectively. Check Iceland vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 191st and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Saint Petersburg

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	Reykjavik	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$27.9	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.5	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$20.5	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$6.12	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2075	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1851	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3279	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2774	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.4	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8015	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6578	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.36	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.55	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.58	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$41.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.5	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.86	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.2	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$46	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$144	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$352	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30378	$10534

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566