Isfahan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Isfahan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1279	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$206	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$364	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	46
😀 Quality of life	55	60
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.2M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 43% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8682nd and 6322nd ($501 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 69th and 14th in Iran and Russia, respectively. Check Iran vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6324th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Isfahan	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.99	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$0.75	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.15	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.52	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.93%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1116	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$610	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.92	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.98	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.88	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.5	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.09	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.7	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$3800

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$476
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$470
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$515
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$459
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$463
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$538
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$508
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$483
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$545
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$530
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$503
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$588
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$494
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$566
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$607
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$560
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$604
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$571
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$611
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$457
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$540
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$530
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$622
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$503
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$635
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$684
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$641
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$598
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$637
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$638
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$553
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758