Kazan vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$458	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$4361
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	54	52
😀 Quality of life	65	91
🏙️ Population	1.33M	140K

The cost of living in Kazan is 73% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 6377th and 88th ($868 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Russia and Iceland, respectively. Check Russia vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 5213th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Reykjavik

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	Kazan	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.32	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242