Edinburgh vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	88	49
😀 Quality of life	94	58
🏙️ Population	488K	1.63M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 207% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 1491st and 6907th ($2140 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 26th in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 34th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Novosibirsk

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	Edinburgh	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4263

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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