Nizhny Novgorod vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$459	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	48	82
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	1.2M	468K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 59% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6098th and 1246th ($940 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1054th 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 Raleigh. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Raleigh ranked 64th in the United States, while ranked 5641st and 245th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Raleigh

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$24650

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736