Kathmandu vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$131	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$616
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	49
😀 Quality of life	46	58
🏙️ Population	846K	1.63M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 40% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 8918th and 6907th ($419 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th in Nepal and Russia, respectively. Check Nepal vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 6495th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Novosibirsk

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	Kathmandu	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$4263

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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