Islamabad vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$1619
🏠 One person rent	$198	$325
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$578
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	67	54
😀 Quality of life	49	60
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.26M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 33% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8895th and 7255th ($439 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th 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 0.9 months in Kazan. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Kazan ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6293rd and 5204th 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	$1.79	$5.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$51.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$79.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$5.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	12.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$2473
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$1732
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$5.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$6.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$6.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$8.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$87.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$4225

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$513
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$620
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$522
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$376
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$463
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$514
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$567
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$559
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$484
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$518
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$498
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$519
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$530
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$616
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$507
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$503
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$508
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$515
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$660
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$539
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$480
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$623
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$633
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$531
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$797