Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- Population
- 199,000
- Coordinates
- 46.95° N, 142.74° E
- Time zone
- Asia/Sakhalin
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,477 a month in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, rent included: 75% less than in New York. The average net salary is $1,171 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%53
- Safetycountry20%56
- Health carecountry15%56
- Climate10%43
- Air quality10%94
- Connectivity10%No data
- Cost10%55
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Russia
- #61
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,513
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $15.81 | $25.00 | −37% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $82.00 | $140 | −41% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $11.13 | $14.00 | −21% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $4.98 | $8.00 | −38% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.69 | $10.00 | −53% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.03 | $6.37 | −53% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.76 | $3.80 | −54% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.94 | $2.89 | −68% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.69 | $1.36 | +25% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.60 | $4.68 | −66% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.15 | $6.97 | −69% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.66 | $5.73 | −54% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $15.52 | $17.38 | −11% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $7.15 | $15.11 | −53% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $16.40 | $17.77 | −8% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.04 | $6.11 | −34% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.90 | $2.20 | +32% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.51 | $5.77 | −39% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.22 | $6.25 | −32% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.94 | $3.47 | −73% |
| Onion (1 kg) | — | $4.17 | — |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.76 | $2.72 | −35% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.52 | $2.50 | −39% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.20 | $20.00 | −59% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.76 | $3.21 | −45% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.51 | $3.96 | −11% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $2.45 | $19.00 | −87% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.41 | $3.00 | −86% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.66 | $3.00 | +22% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | — | $2.18 | — |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | — | $42.00 | — |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.80 | $1.10 | −28% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | — | $35,458 | — |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $20,776 | $25,309 | −18% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $9.96 | $73.50 | −86% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $9.96 | $71.93 | −86% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $82.97 | $126 | −34% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $35.14 | $62.38 | −44% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $5.16 | $23.00 | −78% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | — | $3,366 | — |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | — | $60,589 | — |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $146 | $72.80 | +101% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | — | $53.22 | — |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $117 | $118 | −1% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | — | $125 | — |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $722 | $4,417 | −84% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $547 | $3,033 | −82% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,581 | $9,242 | −83% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,259 | $5,461 | −77% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $3,514 | $18,759 | −81% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,108 | $6,523 | −68% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $1,171 | $5,178 | −77% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 24.33% | 6.49% | +17.8 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $722 | $1,171 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | — | $768 | $1,157 |
| Mar 2026 | — | $667 | $1,006 |
| Dec 2025 | — | $728 | $1,097 |
| Nov 2025 | — | $714 | $865 |
| Oct 2025 | — | $707 | $861 |
| Sep 2025 | — | $597 | $728 |
| Jul 2025 | — | — | $755 |
| May 2025 | — | — | $743 |
| Apr 2025 | 38.3 | $512 | $779 |
| Dec 2024 | 30.9 | $413 | $628 |
| Oct 2024 | 32.1 | $446 | $700 |
| Sep 2024 | 30.9 | $479 | $752 |
| Jul 2024 | 32.6 | $506 | $793 |
| Jun 2024 | 31.9 | $495 | $777 |
| May 2024 | 30.8 | $477 | $674 |
| Jan 2024 | 31.6 | $439 | $728 |
| Dec 2023 | 31.0 | $429 | $719 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Russia's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 3.1 °C
- Warmest monthAugust
- 17.5 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- −11.3 °C
- Rain a year
- 905 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 88%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.1 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 2
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 43
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 32
- PM2.5
- 4.8µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 940-100
Internet
No internet speed measurements for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or its country.
Housing
- Price to income
- 12.0Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 20.3Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 4.9%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 24.33%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 20.0Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 10Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20262 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 82%7 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026