Hefei vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hefei	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1858	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$277	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$494	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$952	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	46
😀 Quality of life	65	55
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.21M

The cost of living in Hefei is 14% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6780th and 7383rd ($727 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 68th and 28th 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 Hefei compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hefei ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 4171st and 5846th 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	$2.86	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.6	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.45	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.6	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.1	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.3	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.81%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3971	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2140	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.68	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.79	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$109	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.67	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.57	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$5245

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519