Nizhny Novgorod vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$528	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	99
😀 Quality of life	63	76
🏙️ Population	1.2M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 8% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5192nd and 4880th ($1051 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 0.9 months in Shanghai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 5476th and 1178th 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	$14.4	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$27610

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789