Houston vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Houston	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2240	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2042	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4580	$809
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	93	65
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.33M

The cost of living in Houston is 158% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1375th and 6377th ($2240 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1186th and 16th 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 months in Houston compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Houston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 77th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Kazan

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	Houston	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.42	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1397	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$997	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2394	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1614	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.4	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2608	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1961	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.5	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.68	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.88	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$141	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23708	$14288

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2240
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2177
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2216
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2094
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2155
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2308
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2376
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2110
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2095
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2067
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1828
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1948
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2020
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1592
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1900
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1993
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1883
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2029
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1493
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2416
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2148
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2136
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2222
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2188
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2215
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2210
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2241
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2279
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2233

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