Saint Petersburg vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Saint Petersburg	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$974	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2438	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$497	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$991	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$268	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$947	$522
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	81	46
😀 Quality of life	67	55
🏙️ Population	5.6M	2.96M

The cost of living in Saint Petersburg is 14% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 5668th and 6253rd ($974 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Russia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Saint Petersburg compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Russia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 3598th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saint Petersburg vs Tashkent

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	Saint Petersburg	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.04	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.2	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$622	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.26	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.73%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3479	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2360	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.9	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.81	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.06	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.87	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.14	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.89	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7571	$9301

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Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785