Bangalore vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangalore	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$524	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1260	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$221	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$384	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.9	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	46
😀 Quality of life	65	60
🏙️ Population	12.3M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bangalore is 41% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8500th and 6322nd ($524 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 14th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Bangalore compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bangalore ranked 6th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5281st and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bangalore	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.4	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.27	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$288	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.6	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2084	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1082	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.26	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.48	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.09	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.65	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$121	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3795	$3800

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Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$355
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$341
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$327
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$346
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$295
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$235
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$291
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$286
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$345
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$347
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$327
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$368
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$367
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$326
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$340
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$295
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$327
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$300
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$286
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$317
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$321
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$266
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$437
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$310
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$275
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$400
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$347
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$383
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$535
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$283
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$356
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$345
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$347
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$351
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$382
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$334
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$355
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$300
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353

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