Nizhny Novgorod vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$430	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	46	70
😀 Quality of life	60	71
🏙️ Population	1.2M	12.7M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 14% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6322nd and 6778th ($882 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 5937th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Suzhou

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610