Foshan vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$156	$302
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$510
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	73	58
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.63M

The cost of living in Foshan is 12% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7900th and 7138th ($575 vs $657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 15th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 0.8 months in Novosibirsk. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 1721st and 5709th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Novosibirsk

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	Foshan	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$6.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$3.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$340
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$717
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$458
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$7.24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$1887
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$1186
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$2.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$2.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$6.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$2.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$66.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$77
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$4125

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$742
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$812
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$481
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$816
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1565
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$830
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$837
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2410
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$876
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$891
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$824
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$856
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$774
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$785
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1083
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$831
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$857
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$806
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$752
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$738
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$799
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$716
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$735
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$812
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$588
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$525
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$611
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$596
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$584
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$530
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$620
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$638

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$558
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$487
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$411
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$537
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$566
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$347
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$628
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$620
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$637
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$551
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$543
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$402
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$634
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$632
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$628
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$638
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$605
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$814
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$550
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$614
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$660
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$651
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$667
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$641
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$636
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$488
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$641
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$444
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$673
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$669
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$735
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$738
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$582
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$595
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$734
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$590
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$878
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556