Kazan vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$493	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$4411
😷 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 60% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6157th and 1246th ($929 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1054th 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 64th in the United States, while ranked 5470th and 245th 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	$8.39	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$24650

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736