Nizhny Novgorod vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$459	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	49
😀 Quality of life	63	71
🏙️ Population	1.2M	8.78M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 48% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6098th and 7679th ($940 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 137th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 5641st and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Quanzhou

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$9536

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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

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943