Novosibirsk vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$378	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$661	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.7	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	62
😀 Quality of life	63	52
🏙️ Population	1.64M	9.08M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 63% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6617th and 8696th ($813 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Novosibirsk ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 5603rd and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Xuzhou

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	Novosibirsk	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.43	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.9	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.4	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.32	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.52%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2370	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1401	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.9	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.39	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.1	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$339	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4627	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753