Nizhny Novgorod vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2327
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$5471
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1420
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$628
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$4437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	82
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	1.2M	468K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 62% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6322nd and 1213th ($882 vs $2327) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1060th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Raleigh ranked 60th in the United States, while ranked 5937th and 212th 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	$11.6	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$5.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1941
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$3119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$2477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$6.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$1578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$24117

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766