Islamabad vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$199	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$616
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	49
😀 Quality of life	49	58
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.63M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 37% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 8870th and 6907th ($442 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 26th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 6313th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Novosibirsk

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	Islamabad	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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