Novosibirsk vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$378	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	100
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	1.64M	24.9M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 28% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6617th and 4879th ($813 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5603rd and 1383rd 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	$7.43	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753