Nizhny Novgorod vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$528	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$771
😷 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 62% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5192nd and 7630th ($1051 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 134th 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 6th best city to live in Russia vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5476th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$9745

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954