Nizhny Novgorod vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$430	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	46	24
😀 Quality of life	60	44
🏙️ Population	1.2M	7.82M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 47% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6322nd and 7835th ($882 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 5937th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517