Brisbane vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	46
😀 Quality of life	98	60
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.2M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 134% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1813th and 6322nd ($2065 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 14th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Brisbane	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$3800

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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