Boston vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Boston Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$3547
$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$7979
$1946
🏠 One person rent
$2453
$377
🏘️ Family rent
$4007
$769
🍽️ Food expenses
$729
$256
🚐 Transport expenses
$146
$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$5732
$696
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
100
46
😀 Quality of life
91
60
🏙️ Population
676K
1.47M

The cost of living in Boston is 364% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 24th and 6596th ($3547 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 14th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Boston compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Boston ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 103rd and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Boston Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$21.6
$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$101
$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$12.3
$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$8.36
$1.72
☕ Cappuccino
$5.8
$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.99
$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$2794
$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$2107
$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$5075
$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3386
$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$140
$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$215
$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$68
$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.63%
14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10352
$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5877
$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.39
$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$90.1
$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18.1
$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.92
$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.19
$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.95
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.06
$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.67
$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.4
$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.5
$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.3
$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.17
$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.14
$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.61
$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.54
$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.72
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.61
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.8
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.78
$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.2
$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.77
$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack
$13.5
$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.78
$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$8.02
$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.05
$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.97
$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$79.2
$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$16.2
$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$195
$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$24.7
$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans
$63.8
$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$101
$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$2725
$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$31112
$4946

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Cities near Boston

Distance City Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi Cambridge
$3805
4.4 km or 2.7 mi Chelsea
$3101
4.5 km or 2.8 mi Somerville
$3627
5.6 km or 3.5 mi Everett
$2936
5.7 km or 3.5 mi Brookline
$3088
6.9 km or 4.3 mi Revere
$2948
7.4 km or 4.6 mi Malden
$2922
7.6 km or 4.7 mi Medford
$2320
10 km or 6.2 mi Belmont
$2943
10 km or 6.2 mi Arlington
$2834
10 km or 6.2 mi Watertown
$2906
11 km or 6.9 mi Melrose
$2803
12 km or 7.5 mi Milton
$2939
12 km or 7.5 mi Winchester
$2710
12 km or 7.7 mi Newton
$2784
13 km or 7.8 mi Saugus
$2883
13 km or 8.1 mi Quincy
$3131
14 km or 8.6 mi Stoneham
$2740
14 km or 8.9 mi Waltham
$2813
15 km or 9.4 mi Lynn
$3088
15 km or 9.5 mi Woburn
$2601
16 km or 9.6 mi Dedham
$2873
16 km or 10 mi Needham
$2824
16 km or 10 mi Lexington
$2774
16 km or 10 mi Wakefield
$2783
18 km or 11 mi Braintree
$2934
18 km or 11 mi Weymouth
$2922
19 km or 12 mi Reading
$2732
19 km or 12 mi Hingham
$2882
20 km or 12 mi Burlington
$2403
20 km or 13 mi Wellesley
$2805
21 km or 13 mi Norwood
$2844
22 km or 14 mi Peabody
$2851
22 km or 14 mi Randolph
$2866
22 km or 14 mi Salem
$3022
23 km or 14 mi Wilmington
$2592
23 km or 14 mi Marblehead
$2848
23 km or 14 mi Canton
$2833
25 km or 16 mi Natick
$2861
26 km or 16 mi Stoughton
$2825

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