Hefei vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$216	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	46
😀 Quality of life	69	60
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.2M

The cost of living in Hefei is 27% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7469th and 6322nd ($643 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 4318th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Hefei	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$3800

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758