Lahore vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$175	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$721
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	48	60
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lahore is 52% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8922nd and 6322nd ($427 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6783rd and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Lahore	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$3800

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334

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