Novosibirsk vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$316	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	49	70
😀 Quality of life	58	68
🏙️ Population	1.63M	12.7M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 20% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6907th and 6198th ($698 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5517th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Suzhou

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	Novosibirsk	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613