Chengdu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chengdu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1808	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$251	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$445	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$87	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$543
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	20.9M	1.21M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 3% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7209th and 7383rd ($660 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st and 28th 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 7th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 1933rd and 5846th 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	$2.91	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.5	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$329	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4168	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.5	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.55	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.24	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.17	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$389	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15153	$5245

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$614
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$605
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$587
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$572
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$611
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$603
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$591
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$604
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$624
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$559
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$625
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$550
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$588
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$613
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$574
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$570
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$609
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$609
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$551
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$627
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$642
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$596
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$593
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$600
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$584
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$595
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$620
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$569
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$568
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$612
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$555
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$594
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$591

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519