Surabaya vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Surabaya	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1324	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$218	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$200	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.1	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$273	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	76	48
😀 Quality of life	51	64
🏙️ Population	3.01M	1.47M

The cost of living in Surabaya is 55% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8568th and 4849th ($520 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 4th in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Surabaya compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Surabaya ranked 12th best city to live in Indonesia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 6634th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surabaya vs Yekaterinburg

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	Surabaya	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.56	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.87	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$131	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$450	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$241	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.57%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2204	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1082	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.2	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.83	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.67	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.57	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$22.4	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.81	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.35	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.86	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.71	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.2	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.59	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.1	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$243	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8118	$7933

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Cities near Surabaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Mojokerto	$402
48 km or 30 mi	Pasuruan	$437
73 km or 45 mi	Batu	$386
77 km or 48 mi	Probolinggo	$450
83 km or 51 mi	Malang	$358
102 km or 63 mi	Kediri	$428
115 km or 71 mi	Blitar	$416
141 km or 87 mi	Madiun	$419
215 km or 133 mi	Surakarta	$381
247 km or 153 mi	Salatiga	$400
258 km or 160 mi	Semarang	$490
269 km or 167 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
286 km or 177 mi	Bali	$1115
311 km or 194 mi	Ubud	$780
315 km or 196 mi	Denpasar	$493
340 km or 211 mi	Pekalongan	$452
400 km or 249 mi	Tegal	$457
401 km or 249 mi	Mataram	$387
414 km or 257 mi	Cilacap	$446
464 km or 288 mi	Banjar	$458
464 km or 288 mi	Cirebon	$494
476 km or 296 mi	Banjarbaru	$427
481 km or 299 mi	Banjarmasin	$436
501 km or 311 mi	Tasikmalaya	$337
572 km or 355 mi	Bandung	$502
575 km or 357 mi	Palangka Raya	$439
576 km or 358 mi	Cimahi	$468
642 km or 399 mi	Sukabumi	$551
644 km or 400 mi	Bekasi	$515
659 km or 410 mi	Bogor	$466
660 km or 410 mi	Depok	$376
661 km or 411 mi	Jakarta	$627
672 km or 418 mi	Bima	$566
673 km or 418 mi	South Tangerang	$516
685 km or 425 mi	Tangerang	$552
738 km or 459 mi	Serang	$472
756 km or 470 mi	Cilegon	$469
774 km or 481 mi	Makassar	$486
820 km or 510 mi	Balikpapan	$556
842 km or 523 mi	Parepare	$470

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