Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	46
😀 Quality of life	86	55
🏙️ Population	639K	1.2M

The cost of living in Detroit is 188% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1678th and 6811th ($2064 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th and 24th 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 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 315th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/detroit/nizhny-novgorod.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/detroit/nizhny-novgorod" target="_blank">Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod

Prices for goods and services in Detroit and Nizhny Novgorod are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$4568

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

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