Foshan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$156	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	73	56
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.25M

The cost of living in Foshan is 3% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7900th and 7706th ($575 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 38th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 1721st and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$5368

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$742
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$812
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$481
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$816
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1565
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$830
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$837
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2410
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$876
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$891
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$824
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$856
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$774
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$785
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1083
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$831
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$857
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$806
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$752
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$738
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$799
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$716
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$735
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$812
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$588
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$525
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$611
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$596
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$584
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$530
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$620
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$638

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511