Novosibirsk vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Novosibirsk	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1654	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$294	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$574	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.2	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$554	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	100
😀 Quality of life	58	79
🏙️ Population	1.63M	24.9M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 43% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 7298th and 4780th ($649 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 6th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Novosibirsk ranked 8th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5501st and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Shanghai

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	Novosibirsk	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.49	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.6	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.3	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$438	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.8	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.7	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.64%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1841	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1077	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.86	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.42	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.1	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.66	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$234	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3795	$31401

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Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774