Kano vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kano	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$553	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1362	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$208	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	24	46
😀 Quality of life	13	55
🏙️ Population	4.35M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kano is 23% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8204th and 6811th ($553 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 24th in Nigeria and Russia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kano compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kano ranked 12th best city to live in Nigeria vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 9094th and 5853rd 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	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.78	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.7	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.51%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.56	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.96	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.23	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.23	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.07	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.91	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.51	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.41	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.33	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.75	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$12	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.2	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1380	$4568

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Cities near Kano

Distance	City	Cost of living
137 km or 85 mi	Zaria	$526
148 km or 92 mi	Katsina	$579
202 km or 125 mi	Kaduna	$371
202 km or 126 mi	Gusau	$587
206 km or 128 mi	Zinder	$974
227 km or 141 mi	Maradi	$972
233 km or 145 mi	Jos	$820
237 km or 147 mi	Bauchi	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Minna	$743
346 km or 215 mi	Abuja	$1502
375 km or 233 mi	Sokoto	$426
376 km or 234 mi	Damaturu	$553
504 km or 313 mi	Maiduguri	$609
553 km or 344 mi	Mubi	$665
583 km or 362 mi	Ilorin	$535
607 km or 377 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
612 km or 380 mi	Garoua	$556
625 km or 388 mi	Owo	$651
628 km or 390 mi	Enugu	$462
639 km or 397 mi	Osogbo	$695
641 km or 399 mi	Akure	$634
653 km or 406 mi	Maroua	$533
664 km or 413 mi	Awka	$805
664 km or 413 mi	Ife	$779
676 km or 420 mi	Onitsha	$972
683 km or 424 mi	Oyo	$677
692 km or 430 mi	Bol	$485
698 km or 434 mi	Bamenda	$553
708 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
711 km or 442 mi	N'Djamena	$523
715 km or 444 mi	Niamey	$1019
718 km or 446 mi	Ibadan	$776
728 km or 452 mi	Umuahia	$883
743 km or 461 mi	Owerri	$1611
756 km or 470 mi	Bafoussam	$555
761 km or 473 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
772 km or 480 mi	Bongor	$486
776 km or 482 mi	Aba	$621
782 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
782 km or 486 mi	Warri	$881

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