Novosibirsk vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Novosibirsk	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$884	$827
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2142	$2080
🏠 One person rent	$421	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$738	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$322
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	48	47
😀 Quality of life	61	56
🏙️ Population	1.64M	2.96M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 7% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6431st and 6652nd ($884 vs $827) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 1st in Russia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Novosibirsk compared to 0.4 months in Tashkent. Novosibirsk ranked 11th best city to live in Russia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5802nd and 6254th 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	$7.89	$5.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.95	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$485	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$886	$958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$626
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$53.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.44	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.6%	23.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2533	$1857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1532	$997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.78	$3.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$6.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$2.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.12	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.14	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.83	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25	$25.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.2	$42.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$362	$309
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4901	$10127

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Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$772
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$720
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$737
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$719
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$808
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$576
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$571
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$553
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$595
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$791
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$834
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$880
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$530
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$564
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$550
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$813
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$747
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$537
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$487
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$661
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$969
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$701
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$557
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$543
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$592
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$600
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$694
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$575
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$531
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$547
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$690
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$532
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$842
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$736
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$609
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$562
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$585
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$635
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$590
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$619
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$653
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$553
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$561
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$653
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$521
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$692
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$477
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$447
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$484
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$533
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$735
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$621
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$513
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$436
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$757
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$503
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$454
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$616
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$580
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$457
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$575
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$565
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$866