Foshan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$208	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	70	55
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.2M

The cost of living in Foshan is 15% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7543rd and 6811th ($611 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 24th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 2601st and 5853rd 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	$3.41	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$4568

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557