Hengyang vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hengyang	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1532	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$222	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$224	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	48
😀 Quality of life	49	63
🏙️ Population	6.65M	1.2M

The cost of living in Hengyang is 43% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7957th and 5192nd ($602 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 249th 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 Hengyang compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hengyang ranked 154th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6806th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Hengyang	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.83	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.4	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.15	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.5	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$463	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$212	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.9	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.6	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.05%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3264	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1721	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.9	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.73	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.67	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.19	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.44	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.2	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$322	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10039	$5021

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Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$589
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$648
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$518
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$605
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$564
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$571
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$569
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$739
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$556
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$609
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$622
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$586
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$589
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$610
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$766
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$632
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$592
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$793
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$518
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$560
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$758
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$593
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$608
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$528
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$778
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$583
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$535
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$565
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$571
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$560
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$600
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$600
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$593
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$801
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$638
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$570
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$542
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$623
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$603
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$619

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