Novosibirsk vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$316	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	40
😀 Quality of life	58	48
🏙️ Population	1.63M	5.94M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 9% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6907th and 6559th ($698 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 1st in Russia and India, respectively. Check Russia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 5517th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Surat

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	Novosibirsk	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340