Nizhny Novgorod vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$328	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	72
😀 Quality of life	55	78
🏙️ Population	1.2M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 56% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6811th and 2911th ($717 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Russia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Russia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5853rd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Riyadh

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529