Melbourne vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Melbourne Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2397
$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5694
$1767
🏠 One person rent
$1344
$347
🏘️ Family rent
$2215
$703
🍽️ Food expenses
$557
$227
🚐 Transport expenses
$345
$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4357
$601
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
100
46
😀 Quality of life
100
60
🏙️ Population
5.03M
1.47M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 242% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 923rd and 6924th ($2397 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 16th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 1st and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Melbourne Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$15.4
$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$62.1
$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.3
$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$8.61
$1.62
☕ Cappuccino
$3.66
$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.82
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1361
$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1146
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2752
$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1818
$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$101
$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$156
$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54
$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.33%
12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$7512
$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5768
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.66
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$126
$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$21.4
$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.36
$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.47
$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.64
$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.33
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.36
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.3
$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.57
$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.4
$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.43
$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.79
$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.65
$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.42
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.37
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.19
$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.61
$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.7
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.74
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$26.8
$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$6.82
$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$7.97
$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.51
$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$4
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$52.8
$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$15.4
$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$56.2
$17
💇 Haircut, simple
$23.1
$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans
$81.3
$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$115
$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1974
$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$21306
$4718

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Distance City Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi South Yarra
$1758
24 km or 15 mi Hoppers Crossing
$1767
25 km or 16 mi Tarneit
$1757
29 km or 18 mi Dandenong
$1876
34 km or 21 mi Sunbury
$1822
37 km or 23 mi Melton
$1795
40 km or 25 mi Frankston
$1799
41 km or 25 mi Berwick
$1800
42 km or 26 mi Cranbourne
$1738
54 km or 34 mi Pakenham
$1805
65 km or 40 mi Geelong
$1892
102 km or 64 mi Ballarat
$1357
134 km or 83 mi Bendigo
$1397
144 km or 90 mi Traralgon
$1829
164 km or 102 mi Shepparton
$1717
226 km or 140 mi Warrnambool
$1697
367 km or 228 mi Mount Gambier
$1788
369 km or 230 mi Wagga Wagga
$1628
392 km or 244 mi Devonport
$1900
404 km or 251 mi Griffith
$1746
444 km or 276 mi Launceston
$1798
466 km or 290 mi Canberra
$2393
477 km or 296 mi Mildura
$1816
546 km or 339 mi Goulburn
$1748
597 km or 371 mi Hobart
$2265
628 km or 390 mi Orange
$1500
643 km or 399 mi Bathurst
$1674
651 km or 405 mi Wollongong
$1532
655 km or 407 mi Adelaide
$2246
700 km or 435 mi Blacktown
$1732
702 km or 436 mi Dubbo
$1815
703 km or 437 mi Parramatta
$2472
707 km or 440 mi Kellyville
$1997
713 km or 443 mi Sydney
$2801
728 km or 452 mi Dee Why
$2286
822 km or 511 mi Newcastle
$1833
891 km or 554 mi Whyalla
$2013
1015 km or 631 mi Port Macquarie
$1661
1021 km or 634 mi Armidale
$1289
1123 km or 698 mi Coffs Harbour
$1913

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$586
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$585
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$537
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$539
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$523
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$531
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$559
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$698
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$490
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$567
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$473
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$782
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$620
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$422
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$484
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$556
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$540
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$575
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$451
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$503
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$463
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$630
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$654
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$533
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$480
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$509
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$589
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$513
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$484
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$541
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$406
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$530
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$522
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$612
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$780
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$376
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$639
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$628