Novosibirsk vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$316	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	58	87
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.96M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 42% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 6907th and 4470th ($698 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 39th in Russia and Japan, respectively. Check Russia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 5517th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Sapporo

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	Novosibirsk	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$10781

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088