Novosibirsk vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$316	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$886
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	49	98
😀 Quality of life	58	70
🏙️ Population	1.63M	12.3M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 6% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6907th and 7163rd ($698 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 95th 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 1.4 months in Wuhan. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 5517th and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Novosibirsk vs Wuhan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/novosibirsk/wuhan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Novosibirsk vs Wuhan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/novosibirsk/wuhan" target="_blank">Novosibirsk vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Novosibirsk vs Wuhan

Prices for goods and services in Novosibirsk and Wuhan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Novosibirsk	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$8658

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586