Niamey vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Niamey	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1172	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2331	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$724	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.2	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$116	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	11	82
😀 Quality of life	22	71
🏙️ Population	1.5M	5.65M

The cost of living in Niamey is 21% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4768th and 5813th ($1172 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 9032nd and 3397th 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	$6.35	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.31	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$829	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1736	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$995	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.8	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.34	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.93	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.7	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5514	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566