N'Djamena vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	N'Djamena	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$524	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1272	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$217	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$365	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$928
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	12	48
😀 Quality of life	12	63
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.2M

The cost of living in N'Djamena is 50% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8539th and 5192nd ($524 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Chad and Russia, respectively. Check Chad vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in N'Djamena compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. N'Djamena ranked 1st best city to live in Chad vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 9248th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in N'Djamena vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	N'Djamena	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.26	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$213	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$256	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.3	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$813	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.8	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.29	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.79	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.7	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$116	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4131	$5021

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Cities near N'Djamena

Distance	City	Cost of living
154 km or 96 mi	Bol	$490
187 km or 116 mi	Maroua	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Bongor	$489
209 km or 130 mi	Maiduguri	$514
282 km or 175 mi	Mubi	$567
338 km or 210 mi	Damaturu	$476
361 km or 224 mi	Garoua	$601
491 km or 305 mi	Sarh	$490
556 km or 346 mi	Ngaoundere	$551
602 km or 374 mi	Bauchi	$672
655 km or 407 mi	Abeche	$490
684 km or 425 mi	Zinder	$1119
711 km or 442 mi	Kano	$491
715 km or 444 mi	Jos	$760
809 km or 503 mi	Zaria	$517
814 km or 506 mi	Katsina	$503
848 km or 527 mi	Kaduna	$323
871 km or 541 mi	Bamenda	$699
876 km or 544 mi	Maradi	$1118
876 km or 544 mi	Berberati	$478
893 km or 555 mi	Abuja	$1375
897 km or 557 mi	Bafoussam	$759
911 km or 566 mi	Gusau	$516
943 km or 586 mi	Bangui	$506
968 km or 601 mi	Minna	$692
982 km or 610 mi	Bria	$477
996 km or 619 mi	Yaounde	$666
1034 km or 643 mi	Kumba	$821
1041 km or 647 mi	Enugu	$564
1069 km or 664 mi	Nyala	$938
1070 km or 665 mi	Sokoto	$372
1072 km or 666 mi	Douala	$1156
1086 km or 675 mi	Calabar	$373
1091 km or 678 mi	Buea	$627
1095 km or 680 mi	Awka	$693
1105 km or 687 mi	Limbe	$738
1107 km or 688 mi	Umuahia	$773
1114 km or 692 mi	Gemena	$801
1122 km or 697 mi	Onitsha	$795
1129 km or 702 mi	Al-Fashir	$925

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