Shenyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Shenyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$612	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1804	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$235	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$404	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.4	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1093	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	74	48
😀 Quality of life	58	64
🏙️ Population	9.07M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shenyang is 47% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7878th and 4849th ($612 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 221st and 4th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Shenyang compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shenyang ranked 49th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 6059th and 5361st 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	$2.78	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.4	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$404	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$308	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.7	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.61%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1294	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.7	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.27	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.89	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.14	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.27	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.8	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$493	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22712	$7933

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Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$499
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$537
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$567
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$549
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$474
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$519
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$457
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$552
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$512
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$556
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$578
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$528
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$526
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$540
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$559
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$539
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$549
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$573
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$550
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$549
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$541
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$603
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1572
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$491
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$582
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$579
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$540
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$572
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$529
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$555
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$615
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$551
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1550
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$593
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$619
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$607
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1556
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1544
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$532

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754