Nizhny Novgorod vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$596	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1590	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$255	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$507	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.3	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$550	$1455
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	100
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	1.25M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 50% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 7706th and 4461st ($596 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 6th 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 Shanghai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5856th and 558th 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	$7.61	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.35	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.54%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1219	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.51	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.08	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.49	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.25	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.38	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$311	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5368	$28143

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740