Novosibirsk vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$316	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	96
😀 Quality of life	58	80
🏙️ Population	1.63M	17.7M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 24% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6907th and 5950th ($698 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5517th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Shenzhen

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	Novosibirsk	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609