Sydney vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sydney	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2640	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6276	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$1578	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$2764	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$366	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4008	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	99	46
😀 Quality of life	100	64
🏙️ Population	5.45M	1.47M

The cost of living in Sydney is 174% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 649th and 5881st ($2640 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 3rd and 5334th 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	$13.9	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1915	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1294	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3447	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.9	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12628	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.45	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.1	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.3	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2071	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19140	$7319

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710

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