Tashkent vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tashkent	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2186	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$474	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$929	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$249	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	55	60
🏙️ Population	2.96M	1.47M

The cost of living in Tashkent is 12% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6253rd and 6596th ($853 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Uzbekistan and Russia, respectively. Check Uzbekistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Tashkent compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Tashkent ranked 1st best city to live in Uzbekistan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 5872nd and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tashkent vs Yekaterinburg

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	Tashkent	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.98	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.32	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$396	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1255	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$783	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.9	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.03%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1748	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$965	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.04	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.23	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.24	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.8	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.31	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.19	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.85	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$50	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$295	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9301	$4946

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Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658