Nizhny Novgorod vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$1732
🏠 One person rent	$459	$340
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$491
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$59
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$1080
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	48	42
😀 Quality of life	63	55
🏙️ Population	1.2M	7.1M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 33% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6098th and 7210th ($940 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 49th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Yantai ranked 63rd in China, while ranked 5641st and 6343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Yantai

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$4.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$202
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$365
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$63.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$3115
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$6250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$3.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$7.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$338
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$14357

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$626
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$597
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$596
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$595
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$491
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$590
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$598
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$578
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$551
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$559
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$545
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$718
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$457
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$515
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$510
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$449
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$523
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$573
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$660
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$549
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$748
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$554
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$559
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$574
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$566
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$626
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$532
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$564
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$566
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$584
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$578
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$630
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$553
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$632
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$697