Belgrade vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$717	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	46
😀 Quality of life	74	60
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.2M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 51% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4408th and 6322nd ($1335 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Serbia and Russia, respectively. Check Serbia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 2116th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Belgrade	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$3800

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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