Kyiv vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$456	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	46
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 0.3% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6330th and 6322nd ($879 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 4632nd and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kyiv	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$3800

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758