Novosibirsk vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$378	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$648
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	49	24
😀 Quality of life	63	44
🏙️ Population	1.64M	7.82M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 36% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6617th and 7835th ($813 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 5603rd and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Shangqiu

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	Novosibirsk	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.43	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517