Ningbo vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ningbo	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1985	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$302	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$533	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$72	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$768	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	9.4M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ningbo is 19% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7025th and 6322nd ($713 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 14th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ningbo compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ningbo ranked 49th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6133rd and 5937th 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	$4.21	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.32	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$425	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.65	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5268	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3300	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.29	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.88	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.01	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.69	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.62	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15234	$3800

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Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$576
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$740
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$597
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$826
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1128
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1003
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$672
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$631
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$673
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$771
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$586
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$632
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$696
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$679
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$696
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$753
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$612
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$674
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$642
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$547
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$700
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$634
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$637
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$639
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$601
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$621
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$604
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$659
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$622
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$630
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$597
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$597
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$620
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$634
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$618
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$531

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