Nairobi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nairobi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2043	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$286	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$478	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	68	46
😀 Quality of life	58	60
🏙️ Population	5.55M	1.2M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 8% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6622nd and 6322nd ($811 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Kenya and Russia, respectively. Check Kenya vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Nairobi compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6071st and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Nairobi	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.85	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.33	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.45	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$726	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1979	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.66	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.51	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.64	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.6	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.42	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$225	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8707	$3800

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$460
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$420
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$503
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$612
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$533
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$528
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$543
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$511
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$623
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$654
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$596
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$582
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$552
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$658
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$717
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$578
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$526
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$567
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$609
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$421
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$627
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$687
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$597
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$758
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$687
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$567
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$524
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$833
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$686
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$412
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$689
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$688
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$617
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$491
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$820

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758