Foshan vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Foshan	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1932	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$185	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$415	$574
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$554
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	70	58
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.63M

The cost of living in Foshan is 7% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7753rd and 7298th ($602 vs $649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 301st and 26th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Foshan ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 2359th and 5501st 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	$3.6	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$698
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.5	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$6.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$1841
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2043	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.69	$2.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$6.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.69	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.08	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.45	$3.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24357	$3795

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585