Foshan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$234	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$928
😷 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 40% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7755th and 5192nd ($627 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Foshan ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 2991st and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Foshan	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.7	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$5021

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873