Nizhny Novgorod vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$2444
🏠 One person rent	$459	$507
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$900
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$1024
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	48	95
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	1.2M	17.5M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 0.1% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6098th and 6106th ($940 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 12th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5641st and 1113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shenzhen

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$4.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$1182
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$735
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$63.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$13180
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$5913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$49.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$7.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$34.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$46.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$73.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$22916

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2415
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$674
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$666
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1718
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$534
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$621
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$848
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$782
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$943
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$844
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$765
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$795
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$832
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$896
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$589
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$807
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$464
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$602
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$673
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$465
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$816
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$760
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$769
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$790
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$789
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$814
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$730
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$738
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$698
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$699
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$723
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$694
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$903
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$533
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$638