Kazan vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$458	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$733
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	54	85
😀 Quality of life	65	71
🏙️ Population	1.33M	9.07M

The cost of living in Kazan is 57% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 6377th and 8245th ($868 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 341st 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 1.3 months in Shenyang. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 5213th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Shenyang

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	Kazan	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.32	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$24707

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501