Beijing vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beijing	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$575	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1275	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1443	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	75	55
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.2M

The cost of living in Beijing is 42% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5387th and 6811th ($1016 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 24th 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 Nizhny Novgorod. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 989th and 5853rd 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	$3.86	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.58	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$819	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1965	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14717	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6695	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.77	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.49	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.3	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$698	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22456	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557