Madrid vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Madrid	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1781	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4027	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1048	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1736	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2294	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	98	46
😀 Quality of life	90	55
🏙️ Population	3.42M	1.2M

The cost of living in Madrid is 148% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2443rd and 6811th ($1781 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 24th in Spain and Russia, respectively. Check Spain vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Madrid compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 151st and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Madrid	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.36	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1428	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6884	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3988	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.4	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.89	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.7	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$576	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10042	$4568

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522

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