Nizhny Novgorod vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$328	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	55	95
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.15M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 68% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6811th and 1222nd ($717 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Russia and France, respectively. Check Russia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5853rd and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Paris

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$16193

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293