Minsk vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$352	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$647
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	46
😀 Quality of life	67	55
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.2M

The cost of living in Minsk is 1% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6769th and 6811th ($727 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th 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 15th in Russia, while ranked 3750th and 5853rd 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	$9.19	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$4568

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850

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