Kaohsiung vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$342	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	81	46
😀 Quality of life	83	55
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.21M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 46% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6046th and 7383rd ($932 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 28th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 389th and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kaohsiung	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$5245

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643

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