Mersin vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mersin	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$820	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2027	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$391	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$668	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.9	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$688	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	42 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	46
😀 Quality of life	66	60
🏙️ Population	1.04M	1.2M

The cost of living in Mersin is 7% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6587th and 6322nd ($820 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 14th in Turkey and Russia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mersin compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mersin ranked 7th best city to live in Turkey vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5008th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mersin vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Mersin	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.99	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$391	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	37.35%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1505	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1166	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.32	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.45	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.99	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$482	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6015	$3800

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Cities near Mersin

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 18 mi	Tarsus	$724
67 km or 42 mi	Adana	$791
93 km or 58 mi	Eregli	$690
106 km or 66 mi	Mut	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Ceyhan	$599
121 km or 75 mi	Bor	$754
128 km or 80 mi	Kozan	$623
130 km or 81 mi	Nigde	$781
131 km or 82 mi	Karaman	$420
136 km or 84 mi	Iskenderun	$591
146 km or 90 mi	Samandag	$647
146 km or 91 mi	Kadirli	$550
148 km or 92 mi	Osmaniye	$337
152 km or 95 mi	Antakya	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Hassa	$544
177 km or 110 mi	Latakia	$441
181 km or 112 mi	Islahiye	$530
182 km or 113 mi	Aksaray	$838
184 km or 114 mi	Reyhanli	$619
197 km or 122 mi	Famagusta	$1376
200 km or 124 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
203 km or 126 mi	Nevsehir	$820
204 km or 127 mi	Paralimni	$1403
205 km or 127 mi	Idlib	$543
213 km or 132 mi	Nicosia	$1453
223 km or 139 mi	Kilis	$600
223 km or 139 mi	Konya	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Kahramanmaras	$704
225 km or 140 mi	Dali	$1420
225 km or 140 mi	Talas	$696
226 km or 140 mi	Aradippou	$1275
227 km or 141 mi	Larnaca	$1587
228 km or 142 mi	Kayseri	$725
235 km or 146 mi	Alanya	$734
236 km or 147 mi	Aleppo	$535
248 km or 154 mi	Gaziantep	$602
264 km or 164 mi	Kirsehir	$750
267 km or 166 mi	Hama	$438
276 km or 171 mi	Limassol	$2175
278 km or 173 mi	Ypsonas	$1945

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