Accra vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Accra	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$915
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1978	$2204
🏠 One person rent	$274	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$454	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$161	$749
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	46
😀 Quality of life	54	57
🏙️ Population	1.78M	1.2M

The cost of living in Accra is 14% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6719th and 6221st ($789 vs $915) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in Ghana and Russia, respectively. Check Ghana vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Accra compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Accra ranked 1st best city to live in Ghana vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 11th in Russia, while ranked 6197th and 5917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Accra vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Accra	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.13	$11.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.2	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$5.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.53	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$523
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$869	$964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$237	$610
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.1	$70.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$7.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.25%	16.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4598	$3109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2493	$1882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35	$16.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$6.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.38	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.31	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$4.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$8.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.49	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.64	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.61	$6.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.7	$79.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$29	$134
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$72.1	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8055	$3924

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Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$606
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$553
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$640
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$442
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$892
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$710
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$623
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$628
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$538
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$735
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$606
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$799
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$749
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$739
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$1097
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1091
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$650
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$743
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$1185
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1253
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$1009
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$568
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$1087
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$750
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$1092
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$761
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$681
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$779
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$1115
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$705
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1091
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$1153
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$521
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$654
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$649
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$1114
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$858
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$633
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$925

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$720
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$628
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$745
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$671
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$723
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$736
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$689
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$902
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$670
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$903
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$553
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$661
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$803
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$936
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$815
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$953
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1357
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$580
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1010
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1002
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1029
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$551
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$662
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$715
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$713
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$859
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$489
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$821
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$715
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$734
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$577
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$748
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$848
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$594
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$691
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$731
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$677
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$681