Kazan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$646	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1621	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$307	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$592	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$503	$550
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	46
😀 Quality of life	60	56
🏙️ Population	1.24M	1.25M

The cost of living in Kazan is 8% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7240th and 7706th ($646 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 38th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kazan compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ranked 4th vs 10th best cities to live in Russia, and 5435th vs 5856th 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	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.33	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$233	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$707	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.6	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.15	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.52%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2073	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.94	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.91	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.7	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.91	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.1	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$229	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4314	$5368

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$517
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$500
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$567
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$518
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$623
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$414
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$456
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$542
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$547
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$537
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$513
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$497
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$511
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$526
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$597
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$488
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$494
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$501
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$488
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$629
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$497
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$455
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$612
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$645
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$487
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$656

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511