Nizhny Novgorod vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$596	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1590	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$255	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$507	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.3	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$550	$626
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	56	63
🏙️ Population	1.25M	1.08M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 27% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7706th and 6335th ($596 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 4th in Russia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Russia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5856th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.35	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.54%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1219	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.51	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.08	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.49	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.25	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.38	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$311	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5368	$8086

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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	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651