Nizhny Novgorod vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$289	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$714
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	78
😀 Quality of life	55	66
🏙️ Population	1.21M	12.6M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 22% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 7383rd and 8506th ($639 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 518th 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 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 5846th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.02	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$19861

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619