Ankara vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ankara	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1027	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2631	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$495	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$796	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$313	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.4	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$921	$810
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	97	48
😀 Quality of life	74	63
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ankara is 9% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5466th and 6098th ($1027 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 16th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Ankara compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 2214th and 5641st 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	$9.31	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.9	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.37	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$407	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$954	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.4	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	46.29%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1675	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1151	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.3	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.54	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.42	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.75	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.84	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.72	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.7	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$131	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$648	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16166	$4368

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$676
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$755
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$730
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$705
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$708
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$552
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$746
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$662
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$766
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$711
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$670
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$748
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$807
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$765
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$681
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$543
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$734
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$626
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$806
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$601
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$836
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$702
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$945
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$769
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$828
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$769
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$675
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$743
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$867
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$817
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$769
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$684
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$988
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$652
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$420
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$671
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$529
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$702
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$894

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811