Shaoyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Shaoyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$601	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1654	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$214	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$77	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$776	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	21	48
😀 Quality of life	46	63
🏙️ Population	6.56M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shaoyang is 43% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7929th and 5278th ($601 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 213th and 5th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Shaoyang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shaoyang ranked 254th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 7123rd and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shaoyang vs Yekaterinburg

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	Shaoyang	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.77	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.83	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$244	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$153	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$445	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.4	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.4%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2920	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1847	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.37	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.1	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.4	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.25	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.6	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11939	$7937

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Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$554
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$567
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$638
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$609
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$557
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$587
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$511
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$583
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$584
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$572
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$498
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$564
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$556
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$730
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$567
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$588
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$602
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$533
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$529
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$605
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$760
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$563
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$603
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$769
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$568
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$807
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$588
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$599
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$630
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$552
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$610
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$596
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$814
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$587
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$595
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$580
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$615

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