Islamabad vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$198	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$543
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	67	46
😀 Quality of life	49	55
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.21M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 31% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8895th and 7383rd ($439 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 28th 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 Nizhny Novgorod. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6293rd and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Islamabad	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$5245

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519