Yaounde vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Yaounde	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$747	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1837	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$330	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$281	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.6	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$349	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	25	46
😀 Quality of life	24	60
🏙️ Population	2.44M	1.47M

The cost of living in Yaounde is 2% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6685th and 6596th ($747 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Cameroon and Russia, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Yaounde compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Yaounde ranked 2nd best city to live in Cameroon vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 8653rd and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Yaounde vs Yekaterinburg

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	Yaounde	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.79	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.7	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1005	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.5	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1871	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.16	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.79	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.68	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.53	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.4	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$306	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1631	$4946

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Cities near Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1265
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$555
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$764
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$655
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$553
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1121
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$741
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$384
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$668
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$482
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$621
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$883
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1611
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$462
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$805
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$972
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$900
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$881
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$900
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1502
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$820
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$665
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$759
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$522
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$651
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$513
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$634
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$533
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$486
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$743
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$850
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$371
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$779

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