Wuhan vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Wuhan	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$271	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.7	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$886	$696
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	98	46
😀 Quality of life	70	60
🏙️ Population	12.3M	1.47M

The cost of living in Wuhan is 14% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7163rd and 6596th ($656 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 95th 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 Wuhan compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Wuhan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 2475th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Wuhan vs Yekaterinburg

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	Wuhan	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.8	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.41	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$193	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.27%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3716	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2008	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.73	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.25	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.5	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8658	$4946

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Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586

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