Mashhad vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$172	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	3M	1.2M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 43% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8663rd and 6322nd ($503 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 14th in Iran and Russia, respectively. Check Iran vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6167th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Mashhad	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$3800

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

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