Bucharest vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$474	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	46
😀 Quality of life	79	55
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 38% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5565th and 6811th ($988 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 24th 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 15th in Russia, while ranked 645th and 5853rd 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	$10.5	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$4568

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557