Kazan vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$375	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	54	24
😀 Quality of life	60	39
🏙️ Population	1.26M	6.56M

The cost of living in Kazan is 24% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6742nd and 7740th ($734 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 263rd in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 5162nd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Shaoyang

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	Kazan	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$11393

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600