Niamey vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$609	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	12	81
😀 Quality of life	35	67
🏙️ Population	1.5M	5.6M

The cost of living in Niamey is 5% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 5369th and 5668th ($1019 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Niger and Russia, respectively. Check Niger vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 7468th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niamey vs Saint Petersburg

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	Niamey	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$7571

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709

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