Ningbo vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ningbo	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1938	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$264	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$462	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.2	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$810
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	48
😀 Quality of life	71	63
🏙️ Population	9.4M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ningbo is 29% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7431st and 6098th ($671 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 80th and 16th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Ningbo compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ningbo ranked 26th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 3738th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ningbo vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Ningbo	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.57	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.34	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.42	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$196	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$599	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.55	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4479	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.35	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.84	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.5	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.32	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.6	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.73	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.3	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$693	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15051	$4368

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Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$584
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$680
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$594
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$860
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1126
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1002
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$667
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$643
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$669
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$598
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$644
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$683
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$697
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$763
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$620
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$684
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$652
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$557
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$705
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$650
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$644
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$652
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$623
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$636
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$617
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$646
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$604
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$611
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$628
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$647
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$626
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$525

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