Nizhny Novgorod vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$289	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	55	64
🏙️ Population	1.21M	1.08M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 18% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7383rd and 6525th ($639 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 5th in Russia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Russia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5846th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.02	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$6243

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595