Kabul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$285	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$543
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	46
😀 Quality of life	13	55
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.21M

The cost of living in Kabul is 6% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7801st and 7383rd ($599 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9123rd and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kabul	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$5245

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

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