Nizhny Novgorod vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$3097
🏠 One person rent	$459	$600
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$1068
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$879
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	99
😀 Quality of life	63	75
🏙️ Population	1.2M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 17% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6098th and 4971st ($940 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5641st and 1655th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shanghai

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$36.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$803
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$1462
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$37.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$58.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$14215
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$7113
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$6.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$6.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$6.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$7.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$94.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$50.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$1114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$27781

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1002
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$669
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$782
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$594
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$620
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$644
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$557
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$683
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$643
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$650
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$584
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$671
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$636
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$680
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$684
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$623
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$646
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$860
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$647
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$611
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$652
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$604
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$675
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$678
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$626
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$644
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$677
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$601
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$665
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$632
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$765