Novosibirsk vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Novosibirsk	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1654	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$294	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$574	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.2	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$554	$1789
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	49	95
😀 Quality of life	58	86
🏙️ Population	1.63M	2.6M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 44% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 7298th and 4715th ($649 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 1st in Russia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Russia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Novosibirsk ranked 8th best city to live in Russia vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5501st and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Taipei

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	Novosibirsk	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.49	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.6	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.3	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$438	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.8	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.7	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.64%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1841	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1077	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.86	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.42	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.66	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$234	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3795	$18424

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Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605