Vancouver vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Vancouver	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2488	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$2615	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3246	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	78	46
😀 Quality of life	92	60
🏙️ Population	662K	1.47M

The cost of living in Vancouver is 225% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 819th and 6596th ($2488 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Vancouver compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Vancouver ranked 3rd best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 86th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Vancouver vs Yekaterinburg

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	Vancouver	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.4	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1747	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1392	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3049	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2320	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.4	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.9	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.5	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6774	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.27	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.2	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.36	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.47	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$100	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1117	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17240	$4946

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Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759

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