Ankara vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ankara	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1033	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2700	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$501	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$850	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.6	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1082	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	97	48
😀 Quality of life	75	63
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ankara is 2% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5311th and 5192nd ($1033 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 14th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ankara compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 1642nd and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Ankara	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.54	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.07	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.19	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$409	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1026	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$704	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	44.56%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1148	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.8	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.61	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.75	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.63	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.94	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$743	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17149	$5021

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$662
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$752
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$707
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$713
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$557
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$716
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$656
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$701
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$710
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$645
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$702
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$747
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$725
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$724
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$710
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$598
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$740
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$641
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$764
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$606
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$812
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$686
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$899
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$761
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$807
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$777
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$662
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$738
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$824
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$790
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$763
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$678
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$916
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$634
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$425
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$651
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$506
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$702
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$866

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