Novosibirsk vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$316	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	49	93
😀 Quality of life	58	87
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.38M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 54% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6907th and 3363rd ($698 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 2nd in Russia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Russia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5517th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Prague

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	Novosibirsk	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$12277

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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

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120