Nizhny Novgorod vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$430	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	42
😀 Quality of life	60	68
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.08M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 21% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6322nd and 6947th ($882 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 4th in Russia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Russia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 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 5937th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525