Essen vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Essen	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1443	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3513	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$690	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1216	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2980	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	94	58
🏙️ Population	587K	1.63M

The cost of living in Essen is 107% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 3685th and 6907th ($1443 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 413th and 26th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Essen compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Essen ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 33rd and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Essen vs Novosibirsk

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	Essen	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.2	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1177	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$833	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4052	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3401	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.43	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.76	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.2	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.99	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.46	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.3	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8902	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Essen

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Gelsenkirchen	$1418
9.6 km or 6 mi	Mulheim	$1434
10 km or 6.3 mi	Bottrop	$1367
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
12 km or 7.8 mi	Velbert	$1428
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hattingen	$1444
14 km or 8.4 mi	Gladbeck	$1422
14 km or 8.8 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
15 km or 9 mi	Bochum	$1486
18 km or 11 mi	Herne	$1559
18 km or 11 mi	Duisburg	$1314
19 km or 12 mi	Herten	$1438
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
19 km or 12 mi	Sprockhovel	$1431
20 km or 13 mi	Ratingen	$1497
22 km or 14 mi	Witten	$1489
23 km or 14 mi	Recklinghausen	$1407
23 km or 14 mi	Mettmann	$1479
23 km or 14 mi	Dinslaken	$1430
24 km or 15 mi	Dorsten	$1430
24 km or 15 mi	Castrop-Rauxel	$1464
24 km or 15 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
25 km or 16 mi	Marl	$1435
26 km or 16 mi	Erkrath	$1516
27 km or 17 mi	Schwelm	$1404
27 km or 17 mi	Oer-Erkenschwick	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
27 km or 17 mi	Wetter	$1451
28 km or 17 mi	Gevelsberg	$1435
28 km or 18 mi	Voerde	$1434
28 km or 18 mi	Ennepetal	$1431
29 km or 18 mi	Haan	$1517
30 km or 18 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772
30 km or 18 mi	Herdecke	$1455
30 km or 19 mi	Rheinberg	$1435
31 km or 20 mi	Hilden	$1522
32 km or 20 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
32 km or 20 mi	Waltrop	$1459
32 km or 20 mi	Solingen	$1580
32 km or 20 mi	Datteln	$1448

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