Nizhny Novgorod vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$2395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$5245
🏠 One person rent	$328	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$2384
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$4432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	69
😀 Quality of life	55	90
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.61M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 70% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 6811th and 955th ($717 vs $2395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 875th in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.9 months in Phoenix. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Phoenix ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 5853rd and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Phoenix

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$6.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$3133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$63.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$4.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$50.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$12281

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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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724