Stockholm vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Stockholm	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5120	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$2134	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$619	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$239	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3571	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	96	64
🏙️ Population	985K	1.47M

The cost of living in Stockholm is 139% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 1273rd and 5881st ($2297 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Sweden and Russia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Stockholm compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Stockholm ranked 1st best city to live in Sweden vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 33rd and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stockholm vs Yekaterinburg

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	Stockholm	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.9	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.34	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1476	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2670	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1674	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.09%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11690	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.51	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.84	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.03	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$33.7	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$162	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15313	$7319

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Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482

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