Nizhny Novgorod vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$430	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	20
😀 Quality of life	60	46
🏙️ Population	1.2M	6.44M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 36% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6322nd and 7433rd ($882 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 5937th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shangrao

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620