Gothenburg vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gothenburg	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4155	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$902	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1552	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$582	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3793	$809
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	54
😀 Quality of life	94	65
🏙️ Population	675K	1.33M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 110% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 2645th and 6377th ($1823 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 16th in Sweden and Russia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Gothenburg ranked 3rd best city to live in Sweden vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 68th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Kazan

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	Gothenburg	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.7	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.2	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.34	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$955	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1688	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1310	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6255	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4279	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.7	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.5	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.1	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.5	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.1	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4093	$14288

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1684
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1503
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1444
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1362
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1529
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1551
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1866
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1502
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1516
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1761
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1485
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1977
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1830
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2280
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2088
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2184
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1421
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1658
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1830
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1460
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1949
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2379
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1882
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1397

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917