Nizhny Novgorod vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$459	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	48	65
😀 Quality of life	63	72
🏙️ Population	1.2M	12.7M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 20% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6098th and 6833rd ($940 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 31st in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 5641st and 3150th 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	$12.5	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$17664

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623