Nizhny Novgorod vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$323
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$780
🏠 One person rent	$459	$121
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$198
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$129
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$38.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	48	48
😀 Quality of life	63	34
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.97M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 191% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6098th and 9160th ($940 vs $323) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 27th in Russia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Russia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.4 months in Peshawar. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Peshawar ranked 9th in Pakistan, while ranked 5641st and 8618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Peshawar

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$10.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$4.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$96.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$52.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$178
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$96.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	16.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$309
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$8.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$3.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$4.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$1.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$9.83
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$2.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$10.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$13.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$32.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$2608

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$370
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$368
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$360
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$369
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$464
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$433
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$473
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$279
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$381
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$264
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$425
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$378
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$371
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$353
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$302
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$348
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$308
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$367
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$326
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$295
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$318
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$432
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$454
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$315
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$391
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$417
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$364
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$351
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$352
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704