Shenyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shenyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$539	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1763	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$191	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$427	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$723	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	85	46
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	9.07M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shenyang is 30% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8334th and 6596th ($539 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 454th and 14th 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 Shenyang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shenyang ranked 24th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 3343rd and 5209th 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	$2.77	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$502	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$328	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.9	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.25%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1913	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1252	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.8	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.64	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.11	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.09	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.84	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.8	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.45	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$466	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24404	$4946

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Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$459
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$495
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$514
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$520
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$455
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$500
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$508
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$496
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$514
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$524
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$508
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$492
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$517
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$524
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$542
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$509
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$513
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$503
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$581
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1572
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$461
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$538
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$505
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$493
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$520
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$586
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$517
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1549
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$574
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$585
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$573
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1547
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$500

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658