Isfahan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Isfahan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$488	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1224	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$208	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$363	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$157	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.5	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$208	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	48
😀 Quality of life	57	63
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.2M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 54% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8733rd and 5192nd ($488 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 14th in Iran and Russia, respectively. Check Iran vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Isfahan compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Isfahan ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6153rd and 5476th 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	$3.01	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.4	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.99	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$0.97	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$308	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.54	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	27%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1182	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$727	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.05	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.07	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.01	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.5	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.01	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.44	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$72	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$524	$5021

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$454
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$451
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$487
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$452
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$459
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$536
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$469
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$469
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$517
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$496
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$504
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$557
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$456
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$517
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$570
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$514
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$570
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$548
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$577
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$439
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$484
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$485
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$584
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$471
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$611
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$638
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$614
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$563
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$613
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$614
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$505
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873