Stockholm vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Stockholm	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5606	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$1416	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$2368	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3839	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	48
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	985K	1.47M

The cost of living in Stockholm is 140% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 849th and 5278th ($2524 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Sweden and Russia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 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 23rd and 5513th 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	$15.4	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.2	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.23	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1704	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1084	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2705	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1909	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.63%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12627	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6907	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$119	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.6	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.35	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.37	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.86	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.39	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.8	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$178	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17693	$7937

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Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$2118
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1214
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1853
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$2065
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1827
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1840
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1914
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1702
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1741
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1831
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1651
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1547
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1603
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1398
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1337
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1423
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1311
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1631
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1397
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1579
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1370
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1884
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1594
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1562
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1567
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1597
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1568
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1691
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1641
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1383
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1230
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1581
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$994
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1583
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1606
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1481
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1701
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1375
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1516

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688