Kazan vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kazan	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2383	$6242
🏠 One person rent	$506	$1414
🏘️ Family rent	$864	$2478
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$361
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$4489
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	54	100
😀 Quality of life	64	100
🏙️ Population	1.33M	5.35M

The cost of living in Kazan is 61% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 5700th and 829th ($981 vs $2543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 4th in Russia and Australia, respectively. Check Russia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kazan compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Kazan ranked 4th best city to live in Russia vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 5282nd and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Melbourne

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	Kazan	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$67.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$9.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$3.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$639	$1557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$1162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$2836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$2092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.66	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.93%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4128	$6978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2917	$6027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$3.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$140
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.54	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$5.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$5.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$3.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$56.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$2326
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14895	$22313

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132