Nizhny Novgorod vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$805
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$2164
🏠 One person rent	$459	$385
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$687
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$89
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$645
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	48	36
😀 Quality of life	63	51
🏙️ Population	1.2M	6.98M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 17% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 6098th and 6740th ($940 vs $805) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 25th 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 0.8 months in Zhanjiang. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Zhanjiang ranked 105th in China, while ranked 5641st and 6593rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Zhanjiang

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$2.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$4.42
🥤 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	$444
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$811
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$4456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$2605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$4.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$6.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$6.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$32.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$9.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$65.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$563
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$19015

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$789
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$790
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$694
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$664
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$738
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$896
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$605
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$699
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$832
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$844
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$816
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$564
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$608
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$848
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$577
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$534
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$774
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$580
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1718
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$585
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$674
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$587
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$782
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$769
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$795
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$571
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$666
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$939
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2415
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$587
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$587
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$760
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$602
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$597
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$533
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$584