Kathmandu vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$131	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$692
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	54
😀 Quality of life	46	60
🏙️ Population	846K	1.26M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 43% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8918th and 6742nd ($419 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Nepal and Russia, respectively. Check Nepal vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 6495th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Kazan

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	Kathmandu	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$4497

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867