Life in St. Petersburg in numbers (at a glance)

March 23 2019

Yekaterina Sinelschikova

Alexander Kislov

Visiting the Hermitage, renting an apartment, refueling a car—how much does the typical St. Petersburger spend on these and other things?

Life in Russia’s cultural capital is not as costly as in rival Moscow, but St. Petersburg residents still have to tighten a few belts here and there.

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*Data sources: Rosstat, Petrostat, Domofond.ru analytical portal, the official parking portal for St. Petersburg, Hermitagemuseum.org, Tripbest.ru, moyisp.ru portal of ISP providers, stom-firms.ru dental services portal, climate-data.org.

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