Rotterdam vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rotterdam	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2359	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$1479	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$2435	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3493	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	93	60
🏙️ Population	664K	1.47M

The cost of living in Rotterdam is 208% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1038th and 6596th ($2359 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th 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 8th in Russia, while ranked 68th and 5209th 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	$20.8	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.3	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.88	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.24	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1509	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1241	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2680	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2049	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.7	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5415	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3934	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.4	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.55	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.58	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.23	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.53	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.4	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.1	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2027	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10730	$4946

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Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658