Novosibirsk vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$316	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$5531
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	49	87
😀 Quality of life	58	91
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.39M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 80% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6907th and 36th ($698 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 32nd in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 5517th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs San Diego

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	Novosibirsk	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759