Indianapolis vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	46
😀 Quality of life	89	55
🏙️ Population	888K	1.2M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 205% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1378th and 6811th ($2189 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 24th 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 Indianapolis compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 191st and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Indianapolis	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$4568

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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