Nizhny Novgorod vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$328	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	46	24
😀 Quality of life	55	39
🏙️ Population	1.2M	6.56M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 21% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6811th and 7740th ($717 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 5853rd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shaoyang

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$11393

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600