Hargeisa vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hargeisa	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1632	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$221	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$337	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$345	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	11	46
😀 Quality of life	17	60
🏙️ Population	760K	1.2M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 21% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7132nd and 6322nd ($694 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Somalia and Russia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hargeisa ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9161st and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Hargeisa	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.02	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.47	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.86	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.16%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3786	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8606	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.72	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.01	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.02	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.5	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.5	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$545	$3800

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$502
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1169
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1175
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$586
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$559
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$560
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$517
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$522
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$512
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1039
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$499
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$500
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$560
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$826
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$1031
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$724
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$500
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1016
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$498
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$802
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$499
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$715
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$533
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$860
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$500
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$911
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$971
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$903
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$918
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$549

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758