Saint Petersburg vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Saint Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$974	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2438	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$497	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$991	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$268	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$947	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	81	46
😀 Quality of life	67	60
🏙️ Population	5.6M	1.47M

The cost of living in Saint Petersburg is 27% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5668th and 6596th ($974 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Saint Petersburg compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ranked 2nd vs 8th best cities to live in Russia, and 3598th vs 5209th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saint Petersburg vs Yekaterinburg

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	Saint Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.04	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.2	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.44	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$622	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.26	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.73%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3479	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2360	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.81	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.06	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.87	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.14	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.89	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7571	$4946

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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 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