Kaohsiung vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$370	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	46
😀 Quality of life	85	60
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 14% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5567th and 6322nd ($1002 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 14th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 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 461st and 5937th 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	$3.91	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$3800

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600

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