Islamabad vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Islamabad	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1034	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$199	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	50	60
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.2M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 50% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8887th and 6322nd ($443 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Islamabad ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6597th and 5937th 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	$2.83	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98.8	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$178	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.4	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.73%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1311	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$775	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.39	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.05	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.75	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.64	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.22	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.7	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$61.1	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2738	$3800

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758