Glasgow vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$929
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$2282
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$878
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$50.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	54
😀 Quality of life	94	64
🏙️ Population	626K	1.33M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 128% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1712th and 6157th ($2121 vs $929) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 17th 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 42nd and 5470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Kazan

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	Glasgow	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$8.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$3.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1065
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$69.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	18.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$3554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$2534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$15147

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971