Bucharest vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$535	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$810
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	48
😀 Quality of life	84	63
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 21% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4935th and 6098th ($1138 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 16th in Romania and Russia, respectively. Check Romania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 508th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Bucharest	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$4368

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$999
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$956
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$926
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$784
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$800
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$724
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$831
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$758
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$777
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$970
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$666
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1150
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$759
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$826
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$704
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$805
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$910
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$983
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$665
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$950
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$607
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1099
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1062
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1132
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$840
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$716
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$916
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$844
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$864
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$841
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$738
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$872
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$763
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$773
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$683
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$795

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811