Nizhny Novgorod vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$430	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$762
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	49
😀 Quality of life	60	63
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.64M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 8% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6322nd and 6617th ($882 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 34th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Ranked 14th vs 7th best cities to live in Russia, and 5937th vs 5603rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$4627

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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

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821