Nizhny Novgorod vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$430	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	62
😀 Quality of life	60	52
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.08M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 77% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6322nd and 8696th ($882 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 5937th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Xuzhou

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753