Kathmandu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$131	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	46
😀 Quality of life	46	55
🏙️ Population	846K	1.2M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 42% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8918th and 6811th ($419 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th 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 Nizhny Novgorod. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 6495th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kathmandu	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$4568

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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 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