Tianjin vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tianjin	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$687	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2052	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$297	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$636	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$958	$696
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	46
😀 Quality of life	70	60
🏙️ Population	13.9M	1.47M

The cost of living in Tianjin is 10% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6956th and 6596th ($687 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Tianjin compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Tianjin ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 2306th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tianjin vs Yekaterinburg

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	Tianjin	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.14	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.46	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.41	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$213	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.6	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.8	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.97	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6085	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.13	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.73	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.97	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.02	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.8	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.18	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$548	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18215	$4946

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Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616

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