Isfahan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$211	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	46
😀 Quality of life	48	55
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.2M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 27% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8454th and 6811th ($523 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 24th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 6375th and 5853rd 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	$3.39	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$4568

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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