Suzhou vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Suzhou	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$798	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2386	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$290	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$499	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1351	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	48
😀 Quality of life	74	64
🏙️ Population	12.7M	1.47M

The cost of living in Suzhou is 31% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6776th and 4849th ($798 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 4th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Suzhou compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Suzhou ranked 10th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 2020th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suzhou vs Yekaterinburg

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	Suzhou	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.57	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$314	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.5	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5286	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2709	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.3	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.64	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.83	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.45	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.26	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.87	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.7	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.7	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1049	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20341	$7933

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Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635

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