Glasgow vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Glasgow	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4959	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$2124	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	48
😀 Quality of life	94	63
🏙️ Population	626K	1.2M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 101% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1708th and 5192nd ($2114 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 14th 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 Glasgow compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 39th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Glasgow	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.9	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.4	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1681	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4105	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3087	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$135	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$928	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21435	$5021

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873