Chongqing vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chongqing	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$634	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1938	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$224	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$442	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.1	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$957	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	46
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	32.1M	1.2M

The cost of living in Chongqing is 12% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7340th and 6811th ($634 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 145th and 24th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Chongqing compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chongqing ranked 8th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 1675th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chongqing vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Chongqing	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.63	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$261	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$161	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$550	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.91	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1374	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.83	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.01	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.5	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26796	$4568

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$553
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$584
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$593
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$613
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$579
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$652
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$526
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$584
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$546
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$540
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$590
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$591
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$554
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$580
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$530
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$570
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$610
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$590
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$623
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$554
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$554
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$549
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$527
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$584
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$540
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$540
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$572
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$575
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$529
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$581
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$532
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$572
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$585
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$599
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$559
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$573
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$539

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