Novosibirsk vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$378	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$1659
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	49	94
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	1.64M	2.6M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 38% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6617th and 4455th ($813 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 5603rd and 388th 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	$7.43	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589