Beijing vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beijing	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$575	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1275	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1443	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	75	58
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.63M

The cost of living in Beijing is 46% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 5387th and 6907th ($1016 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 26th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Beijing compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 989th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Novosibirsk

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	Beijing	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.58	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$819	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1965	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14717	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6695	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.77	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.49	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.3	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$698	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22456	$4263

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$716
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$649
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$586
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$680
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$472
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$665
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$702
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$592
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$711
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$679
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$655
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$550
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$584
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$642
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$635
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$581
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$533
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$629
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$544
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$564
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$524
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$642
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$703
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$590
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$638
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$616
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$624
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$600
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$620
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$815

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648