Nizhny Novgorod vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	60	89
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 50% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6322nd and 2821st ($882 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 2nd in Russia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Russia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5937th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Prague

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284