Helsinki vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Helsinki	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4167	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$918	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1517	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3006	$692
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	95	60
🏙️ Population	676K	1.26M

The cost of living in Helsinki is 147% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 2353rd and 6742nd ($1816 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 21st in Finland and Russia, respectively. Check Finland vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Helsinki compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Helsinki ranked 1st best city to live in Finland vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 26th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Helsinki vs Kazan

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	Helsinki	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.4	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.29	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1796	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1297	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.8	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.1%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8076	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4860	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.3	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.4	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$345	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9361	$4497

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Cities near Helsinki

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Vantaa	$1671
16 km or 9.7 mi	Espoo	$1879
26 km or 16 mi	Tuusula	$1509
27 km or 17 mi	Kerava	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
33 km or 21 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
34 km or 21 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
47 km or 29 mi	Porvoo	$1327
49 km or 30 mi	Lohja	$1220
51 km or 32 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
63 km or 39 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
78 km or 48 mi	Maardu	$1219
83 km or 51 mi	Tallinn	$1414
86 km or 53 mi	Raseborg	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
98 km or 61 mi	Lahti	$1398
102 km or 63 mi	Salo	$1396
115 km or 72 mi	Kotka	$1286
122 km or 76 mi	Rakvere	$899
124 km or 77 mi	Kouvola	$1355
131 km or 81 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
132 km or 82 mi	Hamina	$1329
143 km or 89 mi	Kaarina	$1450
150 km or 93 mi	Turku	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Raisio	$1450
157 km or 98 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
160 km or 100 mi	Tampere	$1464
164 km or 102 mi	Nokia	$1432
169 km or 105 mi	Ylojarvi	$1426
170 km or 106 mi	Sastamala	$1391
181 km or 113 mi	Sillamae	$952
188 km or 117 mi	Jamsa	$1394
201 km or 125 mi	Parnu	$1064
203 km or 126 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
203 km or 126 mi	Narva	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Viljandi	$933
210 km or 131 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
214 km or 133 mi	Rauma	$1254
224 km or 139 mi	Pori	$1239
224 km or 139 mi	Tartu	$1045

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867