Kazan vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$375	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$550
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	54	5
😀 Quality of life	60	34
🏙️ Population	1.26M	115K

The cost of living in Kazan is 74% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 6742nd and 8915th ($734 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 2nd in Russia and Bhutan, respectively. Check Russia vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 5162nd and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kazan vs Thimphu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kazan/thimphu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kazan vs Thimphu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kazan/thimphu" target="_blank">Kazan vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kazan vs Thimphu

Prices for goods and services in Kazan and Thimphu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kazan	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$666

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300