Samsun vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Samsun	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1954	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$361	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.1	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	23	46
😀 Quality of life	60	64
🏙️ Population	1.37M	1.47M

The cost of living in Samsun is 17% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6661st and 5881st ($802 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 6th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Samsun compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Samsun ranked 12th best city to live in Turkey vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5884th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Samsun vs Yekaterinburg

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	Samsun	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.2	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.8	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.43	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	44.58%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4056	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3246	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.7	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.55	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.36	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.01	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.19	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.29	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.6	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.74	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.2	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3613	$7319

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Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$728
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$779
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$720
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$1059
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$691
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$697
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$712
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$709
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$786
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$800
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$759
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$687
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$737
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$758
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$700
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$725
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$696
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$750
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$578
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$820
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$1118
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$745
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$624
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$681
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$627
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$892
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$838
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$622
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$781
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$689
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$780
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$655
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$754
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$713
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$704
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$693
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$623
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$793
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$852

Cities near Yekaterinburg

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