Rotterdam vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rotterdam	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6248	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$1599	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$2836	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$653	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	94	64
🏙️ Population	664K	1.47M

The cost of living in Rotterdam is 172% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 689th and 5881st ($2615 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 6th in the Netherlands and Russia, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Rotterdam compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Rotterdam ranked 5th best city to live in the Netherlands vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 67th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rotterdam vs Yekaterinburg

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	Rotterdam	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.86	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.74	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1310	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2846	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6107	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4426	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.32	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.3	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.96	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.04	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.83	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2107	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13809	$7319

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Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617