Foshan vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$222	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.64M

The cost of living in Foshan is 27% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7909th and 6617th ($589 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 34th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 2948th and 5603rd 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	$3.18	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$4627

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821