Helsinki vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Helsinki	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4167	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$918	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1517	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3006	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	46
😀 Quality of life	95	55
🏙️ Population	676K	1.2M

The cost of living in Helsinki is 153% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2353rd and 6811th ($1816 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th 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 Nizhny Novgorod. Helsinki ranked 1st best city to live in Finland vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 26th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Helsinki vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Helsinki	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.4	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.29	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1796	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1297	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.8	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.1%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8076	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4860	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.3	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.4	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$345	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9361	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557