Beijing vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beijing	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1029	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2645	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$589	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1040	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$98	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$658	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	73	60
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.2M

The cost of living in Beijing is 17% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5355th and 6322nd ($1029 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Beijing compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Beijing ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 2546th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Beijing	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$850	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$839	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.5	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14720	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6180	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.3	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.61	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.04	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.55	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.7	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.35	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.2	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$713	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22823	$3800

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758