Sydney vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Sydney	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2844	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6700	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$1749	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$3002	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$597	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$337	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	99	48
😀 Quality of life	98	63
🏙️ Population	5.45M	1.47M

The cost of living in Sydney is 170% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 348th and 5278th ($2844 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sydney compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 2nd and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Yekaterinburg

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	Sydney	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.7	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.82	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2123	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1437	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3835	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.09%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13218	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7866	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.77	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.5	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.3	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2281	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21946	$7937

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864

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