Dongguan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$263	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	72	60
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.2M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 25% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7341st and 6322nd ($662 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 3389th and 5937th 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	$2.78	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$3800

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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