Shenyang vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shenyang	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$554	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1693	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$199	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$334	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$224	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.6	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$733	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	85	46
😀 Quality of life	71	64
🏙️ Population	9.07M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shenyang is 42% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8245th and 5881st ($554 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 341st and 6th 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 25th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 3667th and 5334th 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	$2.83	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.46	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$130	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.22%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1970	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.37	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.06	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.08	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.9	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.88	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.8	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.8	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$473	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24707	$7319

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Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617