Berlin vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$929
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$2282
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$878
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$50.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$871
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	95	64
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.33M

The cost of living in Berlin is 148% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1275th and 6157th ($2302 vs $929) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 35th and 5470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Kazan

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	Berlin	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$8.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$1065
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$69.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	18.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$3554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$2534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$15147

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971