Dongguan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$257	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	69	55
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.21M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 6% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7055th and 7383rd ($678 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 28th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dongguan ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 3115th and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Dongguan	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.12	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$5245

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623

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