Columbus vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	49
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	906K	1.63M

The cost of living in Columbus is 207% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 1476th and 6907th ($2145 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 26th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 249th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Novosibirsk

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	Columbus	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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