Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5076	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$1225	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2140	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3098	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	46
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	639K	1.2M

The cost of living in Detroit is 142% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1636th and 6322nd ($2133 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1374th 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Detroit ranked 99th best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 311th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$949	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1719	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.36	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.93	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.4	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1177	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16684	$3800

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1961
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2062
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2052
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2048
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2080
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1737
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2032
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2124
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2061
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1911
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2085
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2041
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2167
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2062
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2036
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2053
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1996
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1913
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2045
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1973
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1874
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1958
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2048
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2100
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2078
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2002
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2295
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1822
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1957
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1721
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2276
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1832
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1642
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1611
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1949
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1608

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