Hefei vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$205	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	49
😀 Quality of life	66	58
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.63M

The cost of living in Hefei is 10% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7405th and 6907th ($625 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 26th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 3963rd and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Novosibirsk

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	Hefei	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$4263

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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