Samsun vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Samsun	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$858	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1884	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$436	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$55	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$689	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	23	46
😀 Quality of life	56	60
🏙️ Population	1.37M	1.47M

The cost of living in Samsun is 12% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6234th and 6596th ($858 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 14th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Samsun compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Samsun ranked 13th best city to live in Turkey vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 5708th and 5209th 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	$5.52	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.31	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$388	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$715	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$458	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.9	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	39.7%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4101	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.95	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.2	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.98	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.4	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$343	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7315	$4946

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Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683

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