Novosibirsk vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$378	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	49
😀 Quality of life	63	56
🏙️ Population	1.64M	1.57M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 47% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6617th and 8247th ($813 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 41st in Russia and Iran, respectively. Check Russia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5603rd and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Shiraz

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	Novosibirsk	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.43	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719