New Taipei vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New Taipei	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2892	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$482	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1360	$810
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	4.05M	1.2M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 18% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5023rd and 6098th ($1108 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 16th 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 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 252nd and 5641st 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	$4.77	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.9	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.72%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13830	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7127	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.5	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.67	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.19	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.19	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.6	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.75	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$656	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18576	$4368

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811