Chengdu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chengdu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1647	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$252	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$230	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.6	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$917	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	75	60
🏙️ Population	20.9M	1.2M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 28% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7530th and 6322nd ($635 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 114th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Chengdu compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chengdu ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 1800th and 5937th 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	$2.87	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$574	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$318	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.2	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3973	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2045	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.61	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.34	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.11	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$251	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11647	$3800

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$596
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$588
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$571
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$557
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$591
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$583
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$563
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$580
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$599
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$544
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$598
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$528
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$571
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$551
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$552
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$536
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$565
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$645
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$573
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$575
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$541
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$538
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$570
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$562
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$569
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$587
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$542
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$601
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$583
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$593
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$570
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$579
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$663
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$538
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$569
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$567
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$551
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$560

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