Nizhny Novgorod vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$1512
🏠 One person rent	$528	$196
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$335
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$196
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$65.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$902
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	48	68
😀 Quality of life	63	70
🏙️ Population	1.2M	12.6M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 101% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5192nd and 8548th ($1051 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 485th 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 1.7 months in Zhengzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 5476th and 3567th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$16.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$2.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$137
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$310
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$249
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$42
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$64.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	3.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$2996
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$1531
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$3.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$0.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$3.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$2.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$3.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$33.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$5.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$68.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$21955

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$520
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$520
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$514
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$504
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$457
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$484
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$492
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$522
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$516
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$513
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$502
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$524
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$491
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$487
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$513
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$529
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$525
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$555
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$538
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$540
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$533
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$533
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$519
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$540
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$538
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$610
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$507
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$521
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$589
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$637
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$811
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$612
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$599
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$556
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$575
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$549
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$537
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$567