Nizhny Novgorod vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$459	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$3726
😷 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 47% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6098th and 2945th ($940 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 5641st and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$17866

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767