Gothenburg vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gothenburg	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1623	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3695	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$808	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1406	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3142	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	49
😀 Quality of life	92	58
🏙️ Population	675K	1.63M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 133% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 2959th and 6907th ($1623 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 26th in Sweden and Russia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 78th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Novosibirsk

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	Gothenburg	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.46	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.53	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$665	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5838	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3896	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.4	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.08	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.9	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3664	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251

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