Mecca vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mecca	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2316	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$350	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$622	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1656	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	68 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	41	46
😀 Quality of life	53	55
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.21M

The cost of living in Mecca is 47% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6019th and 7383rd ($940 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 28th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Mecca compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mecca ranked 9th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6051st and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mecca vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Mecca	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.7	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.9	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1493	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1201	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.7	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.82	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.53	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$103	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.23	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.7	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$363	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4675	$5245

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Cities near Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1123
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$895
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$853
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$837
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$895
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$915
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$828
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$934
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$879
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$491
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$488
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$492
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$940
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$524
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$944
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$490
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1094
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$988
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$324
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1586
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$550
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$491
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$988
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$314
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$686
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$489
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$278
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$333
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$491
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$294
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$821
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$504
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$806
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$393
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$514

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519