Nizhny Novgorod vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$942
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$430	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$646
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1051
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	60	84
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.33M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 6% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6322nd and 5995th ($882 vs $942) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 7th in Russia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Russia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.1 months in Taoyuan. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 5937th and 482nd 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	$11.6	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$665
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$8216
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$5253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$9.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$9.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$7.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$9.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$14970

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$868
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$993
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1135
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1313
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$695
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$802
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1030
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$914
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$894
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$914
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$634
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$894
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$854
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$628
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$628
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$621
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$615
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$901
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$707
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$700
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$753
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$616
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$696
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$697
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$666
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$600
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$454
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$586
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$672
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$604
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$451