Nizhny Novgorod vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$430	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	100
😀 Quality of life	60	77
🏙️ Population	1.2M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 22% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6322nd and 4879th ($882 vs $1128) 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5937th and 1383rd 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	$11.6	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$27624

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753