Kano vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kano	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$563	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1332	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$207	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$360	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$66.7	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	24	46
😀 Quality of life	16	60
🏙️ Population	4.35M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kano is 36% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8160th and 6322nd ($563 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 14th in Nigeria and Russia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Kano compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kano ranked 21st best city to live in Nigeria vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9173rd and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kano vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kano	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.67	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.74	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.4	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.1%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1625	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1342	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.57	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.03	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.54	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.25	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.42	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.6	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1804	$3800

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Cities near Kano

Distance	City	Cost of living
137 km or 85 mi	Zaria	$652
148 km or 92 mi	Katsina	$618
202 km or 125 mi	Kaduna	$393
202 km or 126 mi	Gusau	$638
206 km or 128 mi	Zinder	$1131
227 km or 141 mi	Maradi	$1131
233 km or 145 mi	Jos	$810
237 km or 147 mi	Bauchi	$781
341 km or 212 mi	Minna	$852
346 km or 215 mi	Abuja	$1514
375 km or 233 mi	Sokoto	$466
376 km or 234 mi	Damaturu	$555
504 km or 313 mi	Maiduguri	$618
553 km or 344 mi	Mubi	$644
583 km or 362 mi	Ilorin	$526
607 km or 377 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
612 km or 380 mi	Garoua	$621
625 km or 388 mi	Owo	$664
628 km or 390 mi	Enugu	$563
639 km or 397 mi	Osogbo	$705
641 km or 399 mi	Akure	$644
653 km or 406 mi	Maroua	$596
664 km or 413 mi	Awka	$878
664 km or 413 mi	Ife	$778
676 km or 420 mi	Onitsha	$1051
683 km or 424 mi	Oyo	$664
692 km or 430 mi	Bol	$505
698 km or 434 mi	Bamenda	$698
708 km or 440 mi	Benin	$632
711 km or 442 mi	N'Djamena	$543
715 km or 444 mi	Niamey	$1172
718 km or 446 mi	Ibadan	$752
728 km or 452 mi	Umuahia	$961
743 km or 461 mi	Owerri	$1774
756 km or 470 mi	Bafoussam	$793
761 km or 473 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
772 km or 480 mi	Bongor	$505
776 km or 482 mi	Aba	$674
782 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
782 km or 486 mi	Warri	$926

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