Bangalore vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bangalore	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1227	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$216	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$375	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$179	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.1	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$211	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	48
😀 Quality of life	63	63
🏙️ Population	12.3M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bangalore is 52% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8636th and 5192nd ($507 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 14th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bangalore compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bangalore ranked 5th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5497th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bangalore	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.64	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.43	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$288	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$513	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.9	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.4	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.61	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.57%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1811	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1018	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.36	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.54	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.22	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.8	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4228	$5021

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Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$303
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$339
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$320
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$332
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$283
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$232
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$302
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$274
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$331
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$330
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$306
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$348
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$339
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$313
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$318
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$264
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$322
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$294
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$259
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$312
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$315
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$250
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$409
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$290
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$275
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$379
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$325
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$359
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$508
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$265
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$335
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$317
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$342
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$329
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$372
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$317
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$333
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$268
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$327

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