Kazan vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kazan	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2383	$5273
🏠 One person rent	$506	$1374
🏘️ Family rent	$864	$2201
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$624
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$89.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$4362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	54	82
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	1.33M	468K

The cost of living in Kazan is 57% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 5700th and 1363rd ($981 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1143rd in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kazan compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Kazan ranked 4th best city to live in Russia vs Raleigh ranked 54th in the United States, while ranked 5282nd and 219th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Raleigh

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	Kazan	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$5.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$6.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$639	$1531
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$1084
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$2619
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$1754
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.66	$63.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.93%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4128	$3898
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2917	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$47.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.54	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$5.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$4.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$3.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$9.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$12.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$127
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$1475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14895	$24243

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2229
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2483
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1850
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2169
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2280
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2300
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2241
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2063
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2116
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1842
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2016
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1803
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1766
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2089
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2059
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1775
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2027
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2055
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2073
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2045
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1909
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2007
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2200
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1863
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2070
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2007
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1849
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2075
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1851
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1904
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2003
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2295
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2375
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2129
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1729