Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$1144	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1987	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3437	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	48
😀 Quality of life	87	63
🏙️ Population	639K	1.2M

The cost of living in Detroit is 97% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1839th and 5192nd ($2070 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1457th and 14th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Detroit compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Detroit ranked 98th best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 319th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.9	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.45	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1370	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2423	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.5	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1855	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1282	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.3	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1375	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16262	$5021

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1927
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1951
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1984
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1976
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1928
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1837
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1924
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1683
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1921
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1895
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1938
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1943
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1891
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2031
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1820
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1888
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1951
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1781
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1881
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1994
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1730
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1917
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$2031
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1961
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1883
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2007
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2156
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1958
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1857
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1702
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2324
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1791
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1622
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1665
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1961
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1600

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873