Guangzhou vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guangzhou	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$774	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2226	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$352	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$830	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$79	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	97	49
😀 Quality of life	75	58
🏙️ Population	18.7M	1.63M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 11% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6548th and 6907th ($774 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 26th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 1055th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Novosibirsk

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	Guangzhou	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.42	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.14	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$655	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10125	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4029	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.6	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.18	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.72	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.58	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14511	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650

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