Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1644	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3738	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$834	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1281	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2588	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	38	46
😀 Quality of life	86	60
🏙️ Population	549K	1.47M

The cost of living in Quebec City is 115% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2883rd and 6596th ($1644 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 110th and 14th in Canada and Russia, respectively. Check Canada vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Quebec City compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Quebec City ranked 23rd best city to live in Canada vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 310th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Quebec City vs Yekaterinburg

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	Quebec City	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.58	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.8	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.94	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$790	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$727	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1395	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1101	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8350	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3529	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.2	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.3	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.05	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.05	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.6	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.9	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$794	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6012	$4946

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Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1627
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$966
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1449
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1239
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1118
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1368
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1330
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1395
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1468
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1411
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1436
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1457
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1433
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1460
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1106
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1742
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1743
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1764
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1735
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1804
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1829
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1835
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2004
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1857
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1889
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1773
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$1900
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1852
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1732

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