Indianapolis vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	49
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	888K	1.63M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 214% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 1378th and 6907th ($2189 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 26th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 191st and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Novosibirsk

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	Indianapolis	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$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	$1424	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$4263

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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