Istanbul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Istanbul	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1248	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3224	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$649	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1199	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$883	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	76	55
🏙️ Population	15.7M	1.2M

The cost of living in Istanbul is 74% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4347th and 6811th ($1248 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Istanbul compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Istanbul ranked 1st best city to live in Turkey vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 850th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Istanbul vs Nizhny Novgorod infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/istanbul/nizhny-novgorod.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Istanbul vs Nizhny Novgorod infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/istanbul/nizhny-novgorod" target="_blank">Istanbul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Istanbul vs Nizhny Novgorod

Prices for goods and services in Istanbul and Nizhny Novgorod are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Istanbul	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.14	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.7	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	47.81%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1719	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.74	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.81	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.3	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17728	$4568

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Istanbul

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Cayirova	$599
46 km or 28 mi	Gebze	$573
73 km or 45 mi	Korfez	$782
79 km or 49 mi	Kocaeli	$718
83 km or 51 mi	Golcuk	$835
87 km or 54 mi	Izmit	$1113
91 km or 56 mi	Kapakli	$701
92 km or 57 mi	Bursa	$743
96 km or 59 mi	Kartepe	$872
98 km or 61 mi	Corlu	$690
111 km or 69 mi	Bandirma	$679
113 km or 70 mi	Inegol	$708
121 km or 75 mi	Tekirdag	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Adapazari	$455
124 km or 77 mi	Sakarya	$547
129 km or 80 mi	Bilecik	$755
141 km or 88 mi	Luleburgaz	$661
166 km or 103 mi	Kirklareli	$642
176 km or 110 mi	Balikesir	$707
186 km or 115 mi	Duzce	$535
190 km or 118 mi	Eskisehir	$691
192 km or 120 mi	Uzunkopru	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Kutahya	$568
207 km or 129 mi	Burgas	$721
208 km or 129 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
214 km or 133 mi	Edirne	$624
224 km or 139 mi	Bolu	$616
234 km or 145 mi	Soma	$679
236 km or 147 mi	Canakkale	$690
259 km or 161 mi	Varna	$892
260 km or 162 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
261 km or 162 mi	Yambol	$546
261 km or 162 mi	Usak	$629
284 km or 177 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
287 km or 178 mi	Sliven	$631
290 km or 180 mi	Salihli	$677
290 km or 180 mi	Bartin	$710
295 km or 184 mi	Manisa	$638
296 km or 184 mi	Mytilene	$934
299 km or 186 mi	Komotini	$899

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