Beijing vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beijing	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1065	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$605	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$1364	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1709	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	78	56
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.25M

The cost of living in Beijing is 79% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4887th and 7706th ($1065 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 38th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Beijing compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 583rd and 5856th 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	$3.9	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$487	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.7	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.6	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14972	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8057	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.5	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.9	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.55	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.44	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.7	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$896	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27310	$5368

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$733
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$713
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$772
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$633
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$650
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$688
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$583
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$678
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$466
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$667
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$677
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$587
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$700
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$633
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$607
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$539
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$549
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$643
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$637
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$594
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$592
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$525
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$633
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$545
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$569
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$650
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$572
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$486
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$707
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$598
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$667
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$621
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$640
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$643
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$587
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$640
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$506

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511