Islamabad vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$199	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	49	55
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.2M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 38% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8870th and 6811th ($442 vs $717) 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 Nizhny Novgorod. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 6313th and 5853rd 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	$2.13	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$4568

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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