Leipzig vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$764	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	49
😀 Quality of life	92	58
🏙️ Population	620K	1.63M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 117% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 3353rd and 6907th ($1516 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 26th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 87th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Novosibirsk

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	Leipzig	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$4263

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

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