Foshan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$222	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	73	60
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.2M

The cost of living in Foshan is 33% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7909th and 6322nd ($589 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 2948th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$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	$254	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$3800

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

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