Shenzhen vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shenzhen	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$916	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2694	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$478	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1142	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.2	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1771	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	80	60
🏙️ Population	17.7M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shenzhen is 20% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5950th and 6596th ($916 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Shenzhen compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shenzhen ranked 3rd best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 545th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shenzhen vs Yekaterinburg

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	Shenzhen	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$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	$667	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$917	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.36%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12583	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6551	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.1	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.86	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.7	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22267	$4946

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Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609

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