Amsterdam vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amsterdam	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7127	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$2073	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$3318	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$659	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$265	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4747	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	48
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	921K	1.2M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 201% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 138th and 5192nd ($3165 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in the Netherlands and Russia, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Amsterdam ranked 3rd best city to live in the Netherlands vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 24th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Amsterdam	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.6	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.81	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2259	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1723	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3695	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2790	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.3	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.65%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11141	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7428	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.8	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.47	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.84	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.7	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.06	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$98	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2748	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20104	$5021

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2185
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2755
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2399
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2564
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2296
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2283
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2608
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2389
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2407
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1477
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2148
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2491
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2424
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2026
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2659
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$2053
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2104
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2662
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2341
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2077
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2159
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2220
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$2253
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1942
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2040
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2082
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2152
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2166
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2112
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2247

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