Kazan vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$2327
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$5471
🏠 One person rent	$458	$1420
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$628
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$4437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	54	82
😀 Quality of life	65	90
🏙️ Population	1.33M	468K

The cost of living in Kazan is 63% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6377th and 1213th ($868 vs $2327) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1060th 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 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Raleigh ranked 60th in the United States, while ranked 5213th and 212th 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	$7.32	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$5.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$1434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$1941
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$3119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$2477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$6.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$1578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$24117

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766