Samsun vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Samsun	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$716	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1757	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$312	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$546	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	23	48
😀 Quality of life	48	64
🏙️ Population	1.37M	1.47M

The cost of living in Samsun is 38% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7191st and 4849th ($716 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 4th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Samsun compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Samsun ranked 68th best city to live in Turkey vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 6890th and 5361st 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	$5.9	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.84	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.6	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$350	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$612	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$440	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.7	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.2	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	48.64%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3250	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2663	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.45	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.96	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.86	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.72	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.69	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.87	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.34	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.9	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$317	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3975	$7933

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Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$654
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$761
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$702
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$916
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$646
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$716
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$716
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$701
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$707
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$649
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$713
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$732
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$662
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$686
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$662
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$672
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$557
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$597
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$724
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$1033
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$702
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$611
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$636
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$547
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$1063
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$725
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$565
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$777
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$824
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$752
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$713
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$738
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$710
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$646
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$634
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$616
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$819
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$958

Cities near Yekaterinburg

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