Shenyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Shenyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$486	$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$1762
🏠 One person rent	$133	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$708
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$777	$605
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	85	46
😀 Quality of life	70	60
🏙️ Population	9.07M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shenyang is 28% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8600th and 6984th ($486 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 538th and 11th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Shenyang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shenyang ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 2673rd and 5379th 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	$2.8	$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.19	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.69	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.66	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$450	$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$235	$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.7	$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.62%	13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1816	$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1317	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.03	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.66	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.1	$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.11	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.7	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.14	$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.7	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.42	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$47	$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$290	$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19578	$4747

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Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$449
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$502
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$510
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$536
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$515
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$517
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$524
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$520
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$536
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$519
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$537
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$550
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$523
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$513
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$523
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$565
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$531
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$560
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$559
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$541
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$543
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$515
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$585
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1574
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$595
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$566
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$557
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$526
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$562
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$512
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$551
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$606
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$555
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$585
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$612
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1555
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1538
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$529

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$497
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$487
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$537
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$636
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$488
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$547
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$734
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$567
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$468
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$605
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$448
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$494
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$456
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$660
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$646
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$559
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$623
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$500
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$517
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$402
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$526
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$518
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$614
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$814
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$414
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$632