Male vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$810	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	48
😀 Quality of life	64	63
🏙️ Population	133K	1.2M

The cost of living in Male is 26% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4490th and 5192nd ($1321 vs $1051) 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5278th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Male	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$5021

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873