Ankara vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ankara	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1118	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$570	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.8	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$806	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	75	60
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ankara is 27% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4905th and 6322nd ($1118 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 2097th and 5937th 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	$9.47	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.33	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.61	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$726	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.2	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	49.17%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1769	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1186	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.01	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.85	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.88	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.14	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.85	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$155	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13974	$3800

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$700
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$780
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$759
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$655
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$750
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$578
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$786
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$695
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$800
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$713
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$697
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$745
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$777
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$838
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$820
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$686
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$547
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$670
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$837
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$612
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$852
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$725
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$985
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$779
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$838
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$781
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$696
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$754
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$835
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$819
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$787
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$690
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$1059
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$420
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$679
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$546
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$720
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$915

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