Nizhny Novgorod vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$430	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	46	56
😀 Quality of life	60	92
🏙️ Population	1.2M	526K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 50% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6322nd and 2865th ($882 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 145th in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 5937th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719