Foshan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$230	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$810
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	48
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.2M

The cost of living in Foshan is 35% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7844th and 6098th ($611 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 16th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 3253rd and 5641st 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	$3.62	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$4368

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811