Hangzhou vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hangzhou	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$805	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2398	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$369	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$751	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	54
😀 Quality of life	72	60
🏙️ Population	11.9M	1.26M

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 10% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 6419th and 6742nd ($805 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 21st in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Hangzhou ranked 10th best city to live in China vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 1916th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hangzhou vs Kazan

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	Hangzhou	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.6	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.86	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8089	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4179	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.71	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.99	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.5	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$441	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31296	$4497

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867