Mumbai vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mumbai	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$425	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$739	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	83	48
😀 Quality of life	68	63
🏙️ Population	15.4M	1.2M

The cost of living in Mumbai is 32% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7177th and 5192nd ($717 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mumbai compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mumbai ranked 1st best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 4560th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mumbai vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Mumbai	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$590	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1054	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$577	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.25	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.49%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6403	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2693	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.98	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.78	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.96	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.34	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.83	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.24	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.2	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.8	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4986	$5021

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Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$464
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$355
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$252
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$495
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$329
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$256
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$267
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$663
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$370
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$335
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$287
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$279
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$288
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$269
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$285
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$358
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$298
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$391
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$365
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$372
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$404
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$360
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$298
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$372
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$350
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$312
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$333
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$253
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$308
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$282
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$367
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$346
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$283
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$287
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$281

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873