Lyon vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$773	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$647
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	46
😀 Quality of life	89	55
🏙️ Population	521K	1.2M

The cost of living in Lyon is 119% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 3152nd and 6811th ($1570 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 24th in France and Russia, respectively. Check France vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 195th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Lyon	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$4568

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557