Nizhny Novgorod vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$289	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	92
😀 Quality of life	55	86
🏙️ Population	1.21M	1.38M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 61% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7383rd and 3084th ($639 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th 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 1.1 months in Prague. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5846th and 292nd 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	$8.02	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$12545

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141