Kazan vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$738
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2249
🏠 One person rent	$375	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	54	37
😀 Quality of life	60	49
🏙️ Population	1.26M	2.47M

The cost of living in Kazan is 0.5% less expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 6742nd and 6726th ($734 vs $738) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 6th in Russia and Zambia, respectively. Check Russia vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 5162nd and 6269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Lusaka

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	Kazan	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$6.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$27
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$3.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$60.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$125
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	21.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$2003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$4875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$1.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$7.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$4.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$9642

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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

Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675