Edinburgh vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	46
😀 Quality of life	94	55
🏙️ Population	488K	1.2M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 198% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1491st and 6811th ($2140 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 24th in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 34th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Edinburgh	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4568

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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