Nizhny Novgorod vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	60	97
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.15M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 65% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6322nd and 843rd ($882 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Russia and France, respectively. Check Russia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5937th and 18th 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	$11.6	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488