Los Angeles vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Los Angeles	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3420	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7800	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$2177	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$3742	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$761	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$263	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4482	$928
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	99	48
😀 Quality of life	93	63
🏙️ Population	3.9M	1.2M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 225% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 62nd and 5192nd ($3420 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 14th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Los Angeles compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Los Angeles ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 50th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Los Angeles	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.4	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$6.66	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2356	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4109	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.2	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8186	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7185	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.5	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.33	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.59	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.99	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.92	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.5	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1748	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23685	$5021

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873