Nizhny Novgorod vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$328	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	46	17
😀 Quality of life	55	38
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.03M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 24% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6811th and 7893rd ($717 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 5853rd and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$14854

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484