Nizhny Novgorod vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$328	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	84
😀 Quality of life	55	81
🏙️ Population	1.2M	3.03M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 20% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 6811th and 6071st ($717 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 6th in Russia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Russia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 5853rd and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Taichung

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$18658

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671