Abuja vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abuja	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1514	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3085	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$1149	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.5	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	39	46
😀 Quality of life	22	60
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.2M

The cost of living in Abuja is 72% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 3914th and 6322nd ($1514 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Nigeria and Russia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Abuja compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9057th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Abuja	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1821	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$878	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.52%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.25	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.99	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.82	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.79	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1948	$3800

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$852
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$393
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$810
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$652
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$563
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$781
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$664
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$878
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$644
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$526
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$1051
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$563
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$705
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$638
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$778
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$632
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$961
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$1774
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$664
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$752
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$618
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$926
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$674
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$698
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$397
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$1131
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$466
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$793
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$1102
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$849
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$1131
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$646
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$555
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$665
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$755
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$1413
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1363

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758