Kampala vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kampala	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$303	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$495	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$268	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.5	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$142	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	34 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	46
😀 Quality of life	49	60
🏙️ Population	1.68M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kampala is 19% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7003rd and 6322nd ($717 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Uganda and Russia, respectively. Check Uganda vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kampala compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kampala ranked 1st best city to live in Uganda vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6747th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kampala vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kampala	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.6	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.7	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.47%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1201	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1048	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.07	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.54	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.5	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.64	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.7	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3783	$3800

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Cities near Kampala

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Kira Town	$658
32 km or 20 mi	Entebbe	$578
70 km or 44 mi	Jinja	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Tororo	$623
197 km or 122 mi	Mbale	$654
212 km or 131 mi	Mumias	$511
246 km or 153 mi	Kisumu	$543
274 km or 171 mi	Gulu	$627
288 km or 179 mi	Kasese	$567
294 km or 183 mi	Bunia	$833
301 km or 187 mi	Eldoret	$528
317 km or 197 mi	Mwanza	$656
347 km or 216 mi	Beni	$820
350 km or 217 mi	Byumba	$597
355 km or 220 mi	Arua	$617
366 km or 227 mi	Butembo	$804
377 km or 234 mi	Kigali	$758
384 km or 238 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
393 km or 244 mi	Nakuru	$503
431 km or 268 mi	Muyinga	$687
432 km or 269 mi	Nyanza	$524
432 km or 269 mi	Gisenyi	$396
446 km or 277 mi	Kibuye	$491
452 km or 281 mi	Butare	$412
471 km or 293 mi	Ngozi	$686
494 km or 307 mi	Ruyigi	$687
503 km or 313 mi	Nairobi	$811
510 km or 317 mi	Gitega	$689
514 km or 320 mi	Cyangugu	$505
516 km or 321 mi	Juba	$527
517 km or 321 mi	Bubanza	$689
520 km or 323 mi	Bukavu	$803
523 km or 325 mi	Thika	$460
545 km or 339 mi	Bujumbura	$754
551 km or 343 mi	Rutana	$688
559 km or 348 mi	Machakos	$420
563 km or 350 mi	Uvira	$842
564 km or 351 mi	Meru	$549
583 km or 362 mi	Makamba	$688
613 km or 381 mi	Arusha	$612

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