Novosibirsk vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$316	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	94
😀 Quality of life	58	83
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.86M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 57% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6907th and 3022nd ($698 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 2nd in Russia and Poland, respectively. Check Russia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5517th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Warsaw

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	Novosibirsk	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385