Chennai vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chennai	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$437	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1065	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$159	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$272	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$321	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	46
😀 Quality of life	65	60
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.2M

The cost of living in Chennai is 50% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8898th and 6322nd ($437 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 14th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chennai compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chennai ranked 5th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5272nd and 5937th 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	$2.25	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.91	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.96	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1914	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.87	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.8	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.79	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.4	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.8	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1729	$3800

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286

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