Nizhny Novgorod vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1624
🏠 One person rent	$430	$267
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1016
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	46	98
😀 Quality of life	60	74
🏙️ Population	1.2M	12.3M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 38% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6322nd and 7501st ($882 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 106th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.6 months in Wuhan. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Wuhan ranked 8th in China, while ranked 5937th and 2249th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Wuhan

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$2.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$17.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$562
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$40.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$3245
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1666
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$322
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$7838

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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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$609
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$629
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$646
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$632
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$585
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$671
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$625
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$638
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$599
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$579
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$592
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$590
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$587
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$570
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$574
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$572
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$582
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$583
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$595
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$604
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$596
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$575
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$567
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$552
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$542
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$546
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$548
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$631
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$511
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$592
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$555
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$526
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$532
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$580
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$534
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$578
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$571