New York City vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$858
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$436
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$689
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	100	23
😀 Quality of life	95	56
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.37M

The cost of living in New York City is 418% more expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 3rd and 6234th ($4441 vs $858) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in the United States and Turkey, respectively. Check the United States vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 0.8 months in Samsun. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Samsun ranked 13th in Turkey, while ranked 22nd and 5708th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in New York City vs Samsun infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/new-york/samsun.jpg" alt="Cost of living in New York City vs Samsun infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/new-york/samsun" target="_blank">New York City vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in New York City vs Samsun

Prices for goods and services in New York City and Samsun are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	New York City	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$5.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$458
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$31.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$47.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	39.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$4101
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$2714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$5.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$2.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$4.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$67.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$7315

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683