Ningbo vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ningbo	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$708	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2004	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$301	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$591	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$274	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$725	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	53	55
🏙️ Population	9.4M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ningbo is 1% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6849th and 6811th ($708 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 24th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ningbo compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ningbo ranked 48th best city to live in China vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 6084th and 5853rd 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	$3.44	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.76	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$752	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$463	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.7	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.8	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3264	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.23	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.43	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.6	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.3	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12465	$4568

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Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557