Novosibirsk vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$316	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	100
😀 Quality of life	58	78
🏙️ Population	1.63M	24.9M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 36% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6907th and 4858th ($698 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 6th 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 1.5 months in Shanghai. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5517th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Shanghai

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	Novosibirsk	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746