Bangalore vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangalore	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1429	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$219	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$528	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.8	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1153	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	74	46
😀 Quality of life	68	55
🏙️ Population	12.3M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bangalore is 26% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8398th and 6811th ($533 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 24th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Bangalore compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bangalore ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 3159th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangalore vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Bangalore	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.3	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.5	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.8	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2065	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1100	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.4	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.95	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.02	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.64	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.5	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$109	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3404	$4568

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Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$351
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$375
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$346
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$311
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$304
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$258
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$354
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$295
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$304
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$300
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$315
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$367
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$355
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$339
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$342
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$292
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$360
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$306
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$306
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$344
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$325
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$272
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$430
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$316
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$302
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$412
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$359
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$366
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$514
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$280
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$294
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$349
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$310
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$346
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$383
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$338
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$359
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$306
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557