Kananga vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kananga	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1029	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$394	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	5	46
😀 Quality of life	12	60
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kananga is 17% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5353rd and 6322nd ($1029 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 14th in the DR Congo and Russia, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Kananga compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kananga ranked 9th best city to live in the DR Congo vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9240th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kananga vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kananga	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.33	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.4	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$161	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1247	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$284	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$508	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.64	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.3	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.27	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.3	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3176	$3800

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Cities near Kananga

Distance	City	Cost of living
129 km or 80 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1059
165 km or 103 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$897
191 km or 119 mi	Tshikapa	$993
193 km or 120 mi	Gandajika	$885
413 km or 257 mi	Kikwit	$928
505 km or 314 mi	Kindu	$793
630 km or 392 mi	Kolwezi	$1045
711 km or 442 mi	Luena	$682
736 km or 457 mi	Likasi	$1032
746 km or 464 mi	Kalemie	$792
775 km or 482 mi	Kisangani	$957
791 km or 492 mi	Uvira	$842
804 km or 499 mi	Bukavu	$803
809 km or 502 mi	Mbandaka	$836
809 km or 503 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
809 km or 503 mi	Cyangugu	$505
814 km or 506 mi	Brazzaville	$595
815 km or 507 mi	Bujumbura	$754
832 km or 517 mi	Bubanza	$689
838 km or 520 mi	Makamba	$688
842 km or 523 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864
845 km or 525 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
865 km or 538 mi	Rutana	$688
869 km or 540 mi	Kinkala	$538
873 km or 543 mi	Gitega	$689
876 km or 544 mi	Kibuye	$491
882 km or 548 mi	Ngozi	$686
888 km or 551 mi	Gisenyi	$396
889 km or 552 mi	Butare	$412
899 km or 559 mi	Bumba	$858
901 km or 560 mi	Nyanza	$524
906 km or 563 mi	Ruyigi	$687
920 km or 571 mi	Mansa	$912
936 km or 582 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
937 km or 582 mi	Muyinga	$687
949 km or 590 mi	Chingola	$1069
951 km or 591 mi	Kigali	$758
960 km or 597 mi	Gamboma	$536
972 km or 604 mi	Byumba	$597
977 km or 607 mi	Mufulira	$1278

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