Nairobi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nairobi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$745	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2030	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$269	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$543
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	67	46
😀 Quality of life	57	55
🏙️ Population	5.55M	1.21M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 17% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6689th and 7383rd ($745 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th in Kenya and Russia, respectively. Check Kenya vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 5632nd and 5846th 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	$3.67	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.58%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1536	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1125	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.5	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.2	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.09	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.6	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8325	$5245

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$571
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$482
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$493
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$543
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$548
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$460
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$518
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$483
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$581
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$583
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$560
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$511
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$466
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$601
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$643
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$707
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$559
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$564
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$675
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$736
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$639
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$579
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$509
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$622
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$723
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$509
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$568
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$545
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$784
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$509
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$441
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$510
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$509
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$576
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$579
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$768

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519