Kazan vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kazan	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2383	$2793
🏠 One person rent	$506	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$864	$1013
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$1316
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	54	85
😀 Quality of life	64	71
🏙️ Population	1.33M	5.65M

The cost of living in Kazan is 14% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 5700th and 4898th ($981 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 5th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kazan compared to 1.2 months in Saint Petersburg. Ranked 4th vs 2nd best cities to live in Russia, and 5282nd vs 3542nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Saint Petersburg

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	Kazan	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$9.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$639	$738
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$1362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$78.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.66	$8.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.93%	20.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4128	$4926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2917	$3068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.54	$11.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$5.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$8.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$1.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14895	$13865

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1081
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1079
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1467
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1448
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1490
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1478
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1383
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1312
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$1085
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1445
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1521
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$758
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1220
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1533
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1673
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1428
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1759
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1843
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1550
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1698
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$834
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1970
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1455
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1644
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1531
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1974
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1419
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1594
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1054
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1436
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1391
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1492
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1403
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1525
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1578
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1179
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1597