Moscow vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$542	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$550
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	73	56
🏙️ Population	12.5M	1.25M

The cost of living in Moscow is 71% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5167th and 7706th ($1021 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ranked 1st vs 10th best cities to live in Russia, and 1608th vs 5856th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.33	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$5368

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

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