Novosibirsk vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$378	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	66
😀 Quality of life	63	88
🏙️ Population	1.64M	1.25M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 43% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6617th and 4204th ($813 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 6th in Russia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Russia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5603rd and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Sharjah

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	Novosibirsk	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.43	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483