Nizhny Novgorod vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$328	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$1050
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	55	83
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.33M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 18% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6811th and 6171st ($717 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 5853rd and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Taoyuan

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.49
☕ 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	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443