Nizhny Novgorod vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$328	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$1236
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	58
😀 Quality of life	55	62
🏙️ Population	1.2M	5.95M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 40% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 6811th and 8539th ($717 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 6th in Russia and India, respectively. Check Russia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 5853rd and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Pune

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$1975

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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 Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367