Nizhny Novgorod vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$328	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	54
😀 Quality of life	55	66
🏙️ Population	1.2M	8.78M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 11% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6811th and 7256th ($717 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 5853rd and 4015th 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	$9.04	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$20567

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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

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936