New Taipei vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New Taipei	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1123	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2973	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$482	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$836	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1386	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.2M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 7% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4931st and 5192nd ($1123 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 183rd and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	New Taipei	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.72	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1046	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$621	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.82%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12629	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7371	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.1	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.32	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.6	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.73	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.6	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$650	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21429	$5021

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612

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