Changsha vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$190	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	68	55
🏙️ Population	10M	1.2M

The cost of living in Changsha is 20% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7932nd and 6811th ($577 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th 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 Changsha compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 3100th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Changsha	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$4568

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

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