Houston vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Houston	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2261	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5455	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$1267	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$2011	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4659	$976
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	96	64
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.33M

The cost of living in Houston is 130% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1367th and 5700th ($2261 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1144th and 20th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Houston compared to 1 months in Kazan. Houston ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 14th and 5282nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Houston	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.7	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$5.49	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1416	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2413	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1595	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.6	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.18%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2519	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1831	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.4	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.25	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.05	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.87	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$148	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1987	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22291	$14895

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2142
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2064
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2093
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2126
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2107
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2025
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2124
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2190
41 km or 25 mi	League	$1990
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$1916
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2011
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1860
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1893
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$1900
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1621
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1843
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1950
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1895
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1872
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2003
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$1977
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1917
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1516
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2475
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2058
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2070
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2168
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2110
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2125
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2120
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2149
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2066
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2123

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077