Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2032	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4925	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1878	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3072	$810
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	48
😀 Quality of life	88	63
🏙️ Population	639K	1.2M

The cost of living in Detroit is 116% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1947th and 6098th ($2032 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1526th and 16th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Detroit ranked 95th best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 318th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Detroit	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.5	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.88	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$5.48	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1299	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$820	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2296	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1448	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1602	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1188	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.34	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.68	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.46	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.2	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1360	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19339	$4368

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1980
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1947
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1975
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1993
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1939
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1758
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1909
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1969
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1820
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1943
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1907
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1946
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1926
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2030
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1905
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1941
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1876
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1926
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1968
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1837
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1920
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1972
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1944
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2004
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2181
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1940
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1796
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1913
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1701
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2285
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1843
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1624
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1635
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1957
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1619

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811