Novosibirsk vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$316	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	72
😀 Quality of life	58	78
🏙️ Population	1.63M	7.01M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 57% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6907th and 2911th ($698 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 1st in Russia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Russia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5517th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Riyadh

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	Novosibirsk	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529