Kazan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$375	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	46
😀 Quality of life	60	55
🏙️ Population	1.26M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kazan is 2% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6742nd and 6811th ($734 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 24th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ranked 7th vs 15th best cities to live in Russia, and 5162nd vs 5853rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$4568

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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 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