Seoul vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Seoul	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1363	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3382	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$622	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$1071	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$483	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	99	48
😀 Quality of life	93	63
🏙️ Population	9.67M	1.47M

The cost of living in Seoul is 29% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4438th and 5278th ($1363 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in South Korea and Russia, respectively. Check South Korea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Seoul compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Seoul ranked 2nd best city to live in South Korea vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 70th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Seoul vs Yekaterinburg

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	Seoul	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.68	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.55	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$736	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1316	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$23840	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11978	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.08	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.9	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.43	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.3	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.99	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.3	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.2	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21825	$7937

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Cities near Seoul

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Guri	$1117
17 km or 10 mi	Goyang	$1092
17 km or 10 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1071
17 km or 11 mi	Gwacheon	$1061
19 km or 12 mi	Uijeongbu	$913
20 km or 12 mi	Hanam	$1162
20 km or 12 mi	Namyangju	$1120
20 km or 13 mi	Seongnam	$1425
21 km or 13 mi	Siheung	$1292
21 km or 13 mi	Bucheon	$1167
22 km or 14 mi	Anyang	$988
23 km or 14 mi	Yangju	$937
24 km or 15 mi	Gunpo	$1112
26 km or 16 mi	Gimpo	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Uiwang	$1063
30 km or 19 mi	Gwangju	$1179
32 km or 20 mi	Paju	$1049
33 km or 20 mi	Ansan	$1044
33 km or 21 mi	Suwon	$1030
34 km or 21 mi	Incheon	$1057
37 km or 23 mi	Dongducheon	$1007
39 km or 24 mi	Pocheon	$1008
42 km or 26 mi	Yongin	$1102
47 km or 29 mi	Hwaseong	$1076
49 km or 31 mi	Osan	$1050
52 km or 32 mi	Icheon	$1134
58 km or 36 mi	Kaesong	$1563
65 km or 40 mi	Yeoju	$1053
66 km or 41 mi	Pyeongtaek	$1095
69 km or 43 mi	Anseong	$1046
72 km or 45 mi	Chuncheon	$867
83 km or 52 mi	Dangjin	$984
86 km or 53 mi	Wonju	$1073
87 km or 54 mi	Cheonan	$1121
101 km or 63 mi	Seosan	$986
107 km or 66 mi	Chungju	$892
114 km or 71 mi	Cheongju	$903
118 km or 73 mi	Jecheon	$1003
123 km or 77 mi	Haeju	$1568
124 km or 77 mi	Sejong	$986

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688