Novosibirsk vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$378	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	53
😀 Quality of life	63	70
🏙️ Population	1.64M	8.78M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 31% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6617th and 7641st ($813 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 138th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 5603rd and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Quanzhou

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	Novosibirsk	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.43	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$9321

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Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941