Nizhny Novgorod vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$610
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$1688
🏠 One person rent	$528	$194
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$299
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$66.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	48	14
😀 Quality of life	63	43
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.03M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 72% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 5192nd and 7898th ($1051 vs $610) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 226th 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 1.1 months in Zhoukou. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Zhoukou ranked 362nd in China, while ranked 5476th and 7422nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$32.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$50.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$8.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	3.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$3157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$1594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$19.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$2.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$2.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$26.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$25.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$4.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$18568

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$519
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$567
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$487
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$599
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$504
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$521
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$514
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$516
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$533
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$612
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$457
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$613
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$523
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$520
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$588
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$520
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$596
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$522
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$555
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$529
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$595
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$491
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$575
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$524
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$605
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$502
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$492
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$513
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$513
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$540
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$589
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$533
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$589
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$562
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$593
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$531