Niamey vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Niamey	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1172	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2331	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$724	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.2	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$116	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	11	46
😀 Quality of life	22	60
🏙️ Population	1.5M	1.2M

The cost of living in Niamey is 33% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4768th and 6322nd ($1172 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Niger and Russia, respectively. Check Niger vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Niamey compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9032nd and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Niamey	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.35	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.31	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$829	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1736	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$995	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.8	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.34	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.93	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.7	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5514	$3800

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$874
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$875
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$466
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$877
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$961
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$712
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$851
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$820
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$705
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$638
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$846
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$1131
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$576
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$703
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$618
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$646
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$822
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$526
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$852
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$821
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$664
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$652
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$393
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$699
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$705
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$598
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$752
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$778
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$652
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$1131
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$684
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1514
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$644
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$417
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$793

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