Novosibirsk vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Novosibirsk	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1654	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$294	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$574	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.2	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$554	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	49	92
😀 Quality of life	58	86
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.38M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 60% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7298th and 3084th ($649 vs $1641) 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 1.1 months in Prague. Novosibirsk ranked 8th best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5501st and 292nd 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	$6.49	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.6	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.3	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$438	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.8	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.7	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.64%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1841	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1077	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.86	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.42	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.1	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.66	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$234	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3795	$12545

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Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141