Nizhny Novgorod vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$459	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	99
😀 Quality of life	63	96
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.11M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 62% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6098th and 916th ($940 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 1.6 months in Paris. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5641st and 14th 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	$12.5	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544