Saitama vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Saitama Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1055
$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2709
$2729
🏠 One person rent
$378
$633
🏘️ Family rent
$631
$1107
🍽️ Food expenses
$376
$368
🚐 Transport expenses
$202
$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1511
$1033
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
21 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
99
48
😀 Quality of life
77
64
🏙️ Population
1.33M
1.47M

The cost of living in Saitama is 9% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5168th and 4849th ($1055 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 148th and 4th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Saitama compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Saitama ranked 70th best city to live in Japan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 1050th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saitama vs Yekaterinburg

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Saitama Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.57
$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.1
$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.69
$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.59
$2.26
☕ Cappuccino
$2.96
$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.69
$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$352
$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$205
$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$643
$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$377
$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$110
$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$166
$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$34.3
$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.07%
21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5095
$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2901
$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.35
$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$69.1
$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$25.9
$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.09
$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.44
$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.75
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.68
$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.55
$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.5
$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.43
$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.8
$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.44
$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.18
$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.19
$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.52
$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.12
$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.55
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.5
$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.21
$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.77
$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.86
$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.91
$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.38
$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.25
$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.37
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.57
$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$62.3
$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.9
$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$40
$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$17.2
$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans
$34.2
$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$55
$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$355
$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$14598
$7933

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Distance City Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi Warabi
$973
5.7 km or 3.6 mi Toda
$985
6.5 km or 4 mi Shiki
$1004
8.5 km or 5.3 mi Asaka
$1051
8.7 km or 5.4 mi Fujimi
$1009
9.3 km or 5.8 mi Kawaguchi
$1045
9.6 km or 6 mi Wako
$1073
10 km or 6.5 mi Niiza
$1068
11 km or 7 mi Miyoshi
$1033
11 km or 7.1 mi Fujimino
$1006
14 km or 8.4 mi Koshigaya
$1107
14 km or 8.5 mi Kiyose
$1064
14 km or 8.5 mi Ageo
$1040
15 km or 9.2 mi Hasuda
$1029
15 km or 9.3 mi Soka
$1075
16 km or 9.6 mi Ina
$1028
16 km or 9.7 mi Higashikurume
$1086
16 km or 9.9 mi Kasukabe
$1065
17 km or 10 mi Kawagoe
$998
17 km or 10 mi Matsubushi
$1051
17 km or 11 mi Tokorozawa
$1091
18 km or 11 mi Musashino
$1131
18 km or 11 mi Okegawa
$1020
18 km or 11 mi Shiraoka
$1036
18 km or 11 mi Nishitokyo
$1123
18 km or 11 mi Yoshikawa
$1053
18 km or 11 mi Yashio
$1037
19 km or 12 mi Miyashiro
$1035
20 km or 12 mi Tokyo
$1679
20 km or 12 mi Higashimurayama
$1085
20 km or 12 mi Sugito
$1038
21 km or 13 mi Misato
$1038
21 km or 13 mi Sayama
$1046
21 km or 13 mi Kitamoto
$1027
21 km or 13 mi Kodaira
$1101
21 km or 13 mi Mitaka
$1144
22 km or 14 mi Koganei
$1087
22 km or 14 mi Kuki
$1039
23 km or 14 mi Iruma
$1055
23 km or 14 mi Noda
$1096

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$954
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$952
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$952
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$757
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$786
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$780
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$791
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$1024
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$713
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$913
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$656
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$702
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$708
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$788
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$840
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$868
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$771
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$830
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$575
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$615
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$812
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$648
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$763
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$981
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$606
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$727
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$754
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$845
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$789
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$705
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$749
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$819
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$620
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$792
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$784
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$823
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$748
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$834
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$1051
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$754