Kazan vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$375	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$3761
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	54	53
😀 Quality of life	60	89
🏙️ Population	1.26M	140K

The cost of living in Kazan is 75% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 6742nd and 200th ($734 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st 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 7th best city to live in Russia vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 5162nd and 194th 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	$6.84	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$2532

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006