Kazan vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$458	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	46
😀 Quality of life	65	60
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kazan is 2% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6377th and 6322nd ($868 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 14th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ranked 5th vs 14th best cities to live in Russia, and 5213th vs 5937th 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	$7.32	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$3800

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758