Nairobi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nairobi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$807	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$305	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$518	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$228	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	67	48
😀 Quality of life	59	63
🏙️ Population	5.55M	1.2M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 23% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6736th and 5192nd ($807 vs $1051) 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 0.3 months in Nairobi compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6034th and 5476th 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	$5.36	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.22	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$383	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$704	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$371	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.4	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.3	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.79%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$900	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.69	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.7	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.8	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10471	$5021

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$448
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$415
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$532
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$543
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$618
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$540
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$549
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$524
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$603
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$624
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$563
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$611
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$573
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$613
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$533
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$635
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$697
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$531
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$495
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$546
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$586
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$417
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$591
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$688
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$671
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$872
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$688
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$541
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$583
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$810
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$553
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$689
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$447
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$691
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$690
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$577
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$533
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$795

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