Surabaya vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Surabaya	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$551	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1391	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$222	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.4	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$360	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	75	46
😀 Quality of life	68	64
🏙️ Population	3.01M	1.47M

The cost of living in Surabaya is 43% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8275th and 5881st ($551 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 6th in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Surabaya compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Surabaya ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 4631st and 5334th 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	$1.65	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.6	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.41	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$138	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$251	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.3	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.6	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.45%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2226	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1338	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.97	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.26	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.17	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$30	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.58	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.77	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.6	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.27	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$185	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9160	$7319

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Cities near Surabaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Mojokerto	$413
48 km or 30 mi	Pasuruan	$457
73 km or 45 mi	Batu	$409
77 km or 48 mi	Probolinggo	$470
83 km or 51 mi	Malang	$384
102 km or 63 mi	Kediri	$447
115 km or 71 mi	Blitar	$440
141 km or 87 mi	Madiun	$456
215 km or 133 mi	Surakarta	$409
247 km or 153 mi	Salatiga	$422
258 km or 160 mi	Semarang	$488
269 km or 167 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
286 km or 177 mi	Bali	$1134
311 km or 194 mi	Ubud	$834
315 km or 196 mi	Denpasar	$489
340 km or 211 mi	Pekalongan	$471
400 km or 249 mi	Tegal	$482
401 km or 249 mi	Mataram	$402
414 km or 257 mi	Cilacap	$478
464 km or 288 mi	Banjar	$488
464 km or 288 mi	Cirebon	$523
476 km or 296 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
481 km or 299 mi	Banjarmasin	$459
501 km or 311 mi	Tasikmalaya	$367
572 km or 355 mi	Bandung	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Palangka Raya	$470
576 km or 358 mi	Cimahi	$490
642 km or 399 mi	Sukabumi	$561
644 km or 400 mi	Bekasi	$555
659 km or 410 mi	Bogor	$480
660 km or 410 mi	Depok	$400
661 km or 411 mi	Jakarta	$699
672 km or 418 mi	Bima	$588
673 km or 418 mi	South Tangerang	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Tangerang	$665
738 km or 459 mi	Serang	$517
756 km or 470 mi	Cilegon	$511
774 km or 481 mi	Makassar	$523
820 km or 510 mi	Balikpapan	$598
842 km or 523 mi	Parepare	$502

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