Shenyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Shenyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1749	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$211	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$356	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.9	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$835	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	74	48
😀 Quality of life	70	63
🏙️ Population	9.07M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shenyang is 45% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8176th and 5278th ($575 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 313th and 5th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Shenyang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shenyang ranked 29th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 3872nd and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shenyang vs Yekaterinburg

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	Shenyang	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.88	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.5	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.48	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$211	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$372	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.9	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.82%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2226	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1276	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.4	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.25	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.72	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.09	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.66	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.6	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.8	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$481	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25508	$7937

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Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$483
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$522
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$545
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$536
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$454
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$507
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$447
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$537
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$504
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$562
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$523
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$543
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$540
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$560
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$536
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$534
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$544
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$590
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1574
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$477
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$568
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$562
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$534
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$559
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$514
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$542
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$599
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$540
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1540
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$578
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$607
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$588
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1560
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1539
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$523

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