Nizhny Novgorod vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$430	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	46	74
😀 Quality of life	60	83
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.87M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 1% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6322nd and 6262nd ($882 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 12th in Russia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Russia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 5937th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Tainan

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$6518

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696