Islamabad vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Islamabad	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$389	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1027	$1621
🏠 One person rent	$169	$307
🏘️ Family rent	$398	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$140	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$33.8	$63.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$221	$503
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	67	54
😀 Quality of life	51	60
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.24M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 40% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8988th and 7240th ($389 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 19th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.8 months in Kazan. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 6200th and 5435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Kazan

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	Islamabad	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.35	$6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.3	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.33	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$85.2	$233
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$397	$707
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$467
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$46.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$71.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.6	$5.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.42%	11.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$2073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$489	$1533
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.43	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.2	$6.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.7	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$3.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.05	$2.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.67	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.1	$22.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$8.91
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.87	$5.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.9	$60.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$51.4	$229
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1443	$4314

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$238
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$278
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$335
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$281
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$352
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$307
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$277
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$393
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$330
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$303
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$399
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$240
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$344
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$268
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$347
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$289
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$386
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$364
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$337
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$508
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$260
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$399
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$423
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$290
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$449
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$394
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$567
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$328
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$338
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$448
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$307
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$455
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$401

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$517
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$500
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$567
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$518
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$623
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$414
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$456
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$542
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$547
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$537
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$513
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$497
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$511
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$526
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$597
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$488
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$494
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$501
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$488
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$629
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$497
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$455
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$612
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$645
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$487
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$656