Chennai vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$159	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	46
😀 Quality of life	66	55
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.21M

The cost of living in Chennai is 32% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8907th and 7383rd ($433 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 28th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 4094th and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Chennai	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$5245

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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