Melbourne vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	46
😀 Quality of life	100	55
🏙️ Population	5.03M	1.2M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 206% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1365th and 6811th ($2194 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 24th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 1st and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Melbourne	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$4568

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1668
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

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