Lusaka vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lusaka	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$777	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2003	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$272	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$437	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$299	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$130	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	48
😀 Quality of life	51	63
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lusaka is 26% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6881st and 5192nd ($777 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 14th in Zambia and Russia, respectively. Check Zambia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lusaka compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lusaka ranked 1st best city to live in Zambia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6622nd and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Lusaka	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.56	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$271	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.1	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.9%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1971	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4422	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.88	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.25	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.4	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.8	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.77	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.9	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.3	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15258	$5021

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Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$925
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$849
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$692
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1304
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$629
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1602
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1378
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$727
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$813
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1015
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$780
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1125
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$677
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1166
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$565
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$1029
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$632
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$792
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$840
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$1044
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$754
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$632
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1132
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$875
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$489
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$559
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$495
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$452
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$494
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$522
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$456
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$590
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$549
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$952
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$615
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$463
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$691

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