Hong Kong vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hong Kong	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2663	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6085	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$1742	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$3071	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$923	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	48
😀 Quality of life	80	63
🏙️ Population	7.41M	1.2M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 153% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 640th and 5192nd ($2663 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Hong Kong compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 676th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Hong Kong	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.74	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.9	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.29	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.21	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2008	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1474	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3693	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2621	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.67%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$27719	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17176	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.09	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.6	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.1	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.8	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1128	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22758	$5021

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$995
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$678
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1734
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$548
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$694
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$873
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$785
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$954
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$627
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$858
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$777
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$801
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$908
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$600
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$793
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$474
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$682
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$828
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$766
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$797
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$802
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$778
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$758
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$739
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$751
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$705
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$729
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$711
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$714
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$892
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$528
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$620

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