San Jose, United States vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	San Jose	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3957	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8247	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$2805	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$4446	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$765	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6139	$1033
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	87	48
😀 Quality of life	91	64
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.47M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 240% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8th and 4849th ($3957 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in San Jose, United States compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. San Jose, United States ranked 25th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 126th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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	San Jose	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.9	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$95	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3010	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2448	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4541	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4005	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$259	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.1%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8786	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8977	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.5	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.78	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.56	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.32	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.96	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.1	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1815	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23151	$7933

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3460
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3625
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4184
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3368
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3217
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2928
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3345
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3387
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3194
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3808
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3172
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3616
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3234
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3356
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3357
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3075
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3728
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3582
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3357
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3486
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3073
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3029
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3698
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3577
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3588
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2822
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3088
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2822
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3797
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2968
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3043
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3310
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2848
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3276
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3873
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3261
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3559
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2088
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3252
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3273

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