Nizhny Novgorod vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$528	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$3888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	48	56
😀 Quality of life	63	91
🏙️ Population	1.2M	526K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 40% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5192nd and 2992nd ($1051 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 152nd in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 5476th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$19685

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729