Nizhny Novgorod vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$430	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1659
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	46	94
😀 Quality of life	60	87
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.6M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 33% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6322nd and 4455th ($882 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 5937th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Taipei

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.83
🥤 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	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$38.8
🚕 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	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.88
🍾 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	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589