Nizhny Novgorod vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$289	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$1044
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	46	70
😀 Quality of life	55	67
🏙️ Population	1.21M	12.7M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 37% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 7383rd and 5553rd ($639 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 9th 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 months in Suzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 5846th and 3798th 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	$8.02	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$26560

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645