Male vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$814	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	62	55
🏙️ Population	133K	1.2M

The cost of living in Male is 82% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4205th and 6811th ($1304 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 4917th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Male	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$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	$636	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$4568

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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