Nizhny Novgorod vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$328	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	49
😀 Quality of life	55	58
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.63M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 3% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6811th and 6907th ($717 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 26th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Ranked 15th vs 10th best cities to live in Russia, and 5853rd vs 5517th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Novosibirsk

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$4263

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648