Male vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$818	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	66	60
🏙️ Population	133K	1.2M

The cost of living in Male is 50% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4439th and 6322nd ($1320 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Maldives and Russia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5057th and 5937th 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	$5.55	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$3800

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758