Kazan vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$375	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$1646
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	54	42
😀 Quality of life	60	54
🏙️ Population	1.26M	2.43M

The cost of living in Kazan is 25% less expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 6742nd and 5632nd ($734 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 8th in Russia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Russia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5162nd and 5982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Mecca

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	Kazan	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$4682

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507