Houston vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Houston	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2221	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5469	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$1319	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$2448	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4662	$550
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	92	56
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.25M

The cost of living in Houston is 273% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1234th and 7706th ($2221 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1107th and 38th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Houston ranked 11th best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 86th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Houston	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.34	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1372	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1066	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3100	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1960	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4081	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3710	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.06	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.31	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.96	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1282	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23011	$5368

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2141
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2118
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2132
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2148
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2126
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2107
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2115
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2123
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2125
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2055
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2136
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2737
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2023
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1801
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1919
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2080
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$1988
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1694
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1829
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1925
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1879
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1778
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$1975
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1915
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1445
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2179
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2590
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2095
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2066
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2150
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2146
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2093
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2191
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2146
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2190
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2071
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$1989
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2175

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511