Lusaka vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lusaka	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$685	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1880	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$250	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$332	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	36	46
😀 Quality of life	48	55
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.21M

The cost of living in Lusaka is 7% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7016th and 7383rd ($685 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 28th in Zambia and Russia, respectively. Check Zambia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 6308th and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Lusaka	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.96	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.84	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$881	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.7	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.22%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4865	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.65	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.3	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.15	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.5	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.8	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5845	$5245

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Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$725
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$1139
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1116
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1028
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$729
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$670
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1012
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$731
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$810
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1017
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$761
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$939
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$756
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$834
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$871
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$947
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$662
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$582
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$585
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1079
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$953
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$574
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$591
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$498
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$516
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$534
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$500
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$600
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$554
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$663
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$433
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$670

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519