Novosibirsk vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$378	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	63	80
🏙️ Population	1.64M	7.01M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 50% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6617th and 3418th ($813 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th 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 1.5 months in Riyadh. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5603rd and 759th 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	$7.43	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463