Novosibirsk vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$316	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	46
😀 Quality of life	58	55
🏙️ Population	1.63M	2.96M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 18% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6907th and 6253rd ($698 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 1st in Russia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5517th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Tashkent

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	Novosibirsk	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785