New Taipei vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New Taipei	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2924	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$510	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1378	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	87	60
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.2M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 29% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4867th and 6322nd ($1135 vs $882) 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. New Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 387th and 5937th 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	$4.87	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$947	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.76%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14096	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6224	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.87	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.16	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.68	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.87	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.86	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.71	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17207	$3800

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589

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