Saitama vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Saitama Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1037
$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2691
$2318
🏠 One person rent
$364
$492
🏘️ Family rent
$607
$852
🍽️ Food expenses
$370
$322
🚐 Transport expenses
$203
$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1593
$848
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
21 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
99
46
😀 Quality of life
80
64
🏙️ Population
1.33M
1.47M

The cost of living in Saitama is 8% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5298th and 5881st ($1037 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 260th and 6th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Saitama compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Saitama ranked 31st best city to live in Japan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 750th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Saitama Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.57
$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$33
$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.63
$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.99
$1.85
☕ Cappuccino
$2.97
$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.71
$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$369
$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$663
$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$393
$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$83.4
$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$127
$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$32.4
$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
1.88%
17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5146
$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2855
$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.56
$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$73.6
$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$24.6
$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.16
$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.45
$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.75
$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.86
$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.18
$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.59
$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.71
$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.5
$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.71
$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.29
$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.85
$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.74
$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.16
$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.53
$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.32
$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.62
$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.71
$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.94
$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.86
$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.49
$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.46
$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.68
$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$65.6
$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.6
$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$35.5
$18
💇 Haircut, simple
$18.1
$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans
$35.9
$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$57.4
$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$268
$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$17943
$7319

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Distance City Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi Warabi
$945
5.7 km or 3.6 mi Toda
$961
6.5 km or 4 mi Shiki
$972
8.5 km or 5.3 mi Asaka
$1020
8.7 km or 5.4 mi Fujimi
$975
9.3 km or 5.8 mi Kawaguchi
$1025
9.6 km or 6 mi Wako
$1035
10 km or 6.5 mi Niiza
$1033
11 km or 7 mi Miyoshi
$997
11 km or 7.1 mi Fujimino
$961
14 km or 8.4 mi Koshigaya
$1078
14 km or 8.5 mi Kiyose
$1025
14 km or 8.5 mi Ageo
$1004
15 km or 9.2 mi Hasuda
$994
15 km or 9.3 mi Soka
$1047
16 km or 9.6 mi Ina
$990
16 km or 9.7 mi Higashikurume
$1049
16 km or 9.9 mi Kasukabe
$1038
17 km or 10 mi Kawagoe
$952
17 km or 10 mi Matsubushi
$1028
17 km or 11 mi Tokorozawa
$1061
18 km or 11 mi Musashino
$1110
18 km or 11 mi Okegawa
$976
18 km or 11 mi Shiraoka
$998
18 km or 11 mi Nishitokyo
$1094
18 km or 11 mi Yoshikawa
$1031
18 km or 11 mi Yashio
$1002
19 km or 12 mi Miyashiro
$1007
20 km or 12 mi Tokyo
$1698
20 km or 12 mi Higashimurayama
$1040
20 km or 12 mi Sugito
$1007
21 km or 13 mi Misato
$1005
21 km or 13 mi Sayama
$1005
21 km or 13 mi Kitamoto
$981
21 km or 13 mi Kodaira
$1066
21 km or 13 mi Mitaka
$1125
22 km or 14 mi Koganei
$1066
22 km or 14 mi Kuki
$1016
23 km or 14 mi Iruma
$1017
23 km or 14 mi Noda
$1055

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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