Nizhny Novgorod vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$430	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$969
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	96
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	1.2M	17.5M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 0.4% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6322nd and 6334th ($882 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 17th 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 Shenzhen. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5937th and 1094th 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	$11.6	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.12
🥤 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	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634