New York City vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$947
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	81
😀 Quality of life	95	67
🏙️ Population	8.8M	5.6M

The cost of living in New York City is 356% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 3rd and 5668th ($4441 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 22nd and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Saint Petersburg

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	New York City	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$7571

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441