Sydney vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sydney	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2801	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6767	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1663	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$3057	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$410	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4399	$601
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	99	46
😀 Quality of life	99	60
🏙️ Population	4.84M	1.47M

The cost of living in Sydney is 299% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 312th and 6924th ($2801 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 16th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Sydney compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 4th and 5229th 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	$15.3	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.41	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1992	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1372	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4038	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2523	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.8	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.38%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16279	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9905	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.46	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$143	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.82	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.94	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.08	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.8	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.7	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.7	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2054	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18951	$4718

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628