Novosibirsk vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$316	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	49	46
😀 Quality of life	58	60
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.47M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 9% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6907th and 6596th ($698 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 14th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ranked 10th vs 8th best cities to live in Russia, and 5517th vs 5209th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Yekaterinburg

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	Novosibirsk	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658