Bucharest vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$496	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	46
😀 Quality of life	78	55
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.21M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 62% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5404th and 7383rd ($1036 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th in Romania and Russia, respectively. Check Romania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 642nd and 5846th 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	$10.6	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$5245

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519