Lusaka vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lusaka	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$655	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1696	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$218	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$350	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	36	46
😀 Quality of life	50	60
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lusaka is 26% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7398th and 6322nd ($655 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 14th in Zambia and Russia, respectively. Check Zambia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lusaka compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lusaka ranked 1st best city to live in Zambia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6625th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Lusaka	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.48	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.82	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$112	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$374	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$206	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.21%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4812	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.24	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.68	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.88	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.1	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11593	$3800

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Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$687
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$577
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1062
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1278
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1069
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$761
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$653
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1021
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$716
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$779
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$912
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$587
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$1032
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$658
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$820
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$873
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$1045
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$755
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$592
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$587
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$888
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$916
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$493
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$565
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$506
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$458
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$496
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$527
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$536
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$514
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$996
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$577
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$495
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$692

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