Amsterdam vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	96	60
🏙️ Population	921K	1.2M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 254% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 143rd and 6322nd ($3118 vs $882) 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 31st and 5937th 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	$21.3	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$3800

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

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