Nizhny Novgorod vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$289	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$574
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$554
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	49
😀 Quality of life	55	58
🏙️ Population	1.21M	1.63M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 1% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7383rd and 7298th ($639 vs $649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 26th 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 8th best cities to live in Russia, and 5846th vs 5501st 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	$8.02	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$698
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$6.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	11.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$1841
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$2.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$8.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$7.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$6.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$3.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$3795

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585