Minsk vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Minsk	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1703	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$293	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.2	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$599	$550
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	62	46
😀 Quality of life	67	56
🏙️ Population	2M	1.25M

The cost of living in Minsk is 9% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7206th and 7706th ($649 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Belarus and Russia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 3890th and 5856th 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	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.57	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$466	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.01%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1163	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.7	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.52	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5767	$5368

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$528
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$490
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$426
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1303
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$472
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$928
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$299
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$423
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$864
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$835
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1080
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$406
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$922
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$877
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$831
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1028
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$949
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$437
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$927
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$415
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1013
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$827
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$443
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1027
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1088
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$476
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$518
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$827
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$842
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1135
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$980
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1362
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$860
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$760

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511