Hefei vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$216	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	49
😀 Quality of life	69	63
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.64M

The cost of living in Hefei is 21% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7469th and 6617th ($643 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 34th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 4318th and 5603rd 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	$3.48	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$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	$210	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$4627

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

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