Chengdu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chengdu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1806	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$297	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$512	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1237	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	89	48
😀 Quality of life	76	63
🏙️ Population	20.9M	1.2M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 35% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7360th and 5192nd ($688 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 75th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chengdu compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chengdu ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 1238th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Chengdu	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.83	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$390	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$707	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.8	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.62%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3816	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1941	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.82	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.58	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.33	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.96	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.8	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$325	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14789	$5021

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$641
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$635
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$615
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$600
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$640
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$629
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$600
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$631
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$647
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$579
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$643
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$549
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$612
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$614
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$587
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$598
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$563
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$608
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$701
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$625
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$629
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$588
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$575
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$615
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$618
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$616
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$595
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$631
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$640
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$630
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$605
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$618
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$697
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$577
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$606
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$602
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$594
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$594

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873