Minsk vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minsk	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1851	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$356	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$549	$721
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	46
😀 Quality of life	69	60
🏙️ Population	2M	1.2M

The cost of living in Minsk is 17% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6924th and 6322nd ($735 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Belarus and Russia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 4343rd and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Minsk	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.86	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$767	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.65	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.42%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2017	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.87	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.73	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.43	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11271	$3800

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879

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