Beijing vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beijing	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$575	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1275	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1443	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	75	60
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.26M

The cost of living in Beijing is 38% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5387th and 6742nd ($1016 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 21st in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Beijing compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 989th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Kazan

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	Beijing	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.58	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$819	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1965	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14717	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6695	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.77	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.49	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.3	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$698	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22456	$4497

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$716
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$649
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$586
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$680
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$472
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$665
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$702
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$592
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$711
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$679
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$655
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$550
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$584
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$642
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$635
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$581
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$533
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$629
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$544
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$564
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$524
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$642
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$703
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$590
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$638
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$616
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$624
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$600
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$620
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$815

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867