Nizhny Novgorod vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$459	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	48	70
😀 Quality of life	63	78
🏙️ Population	1.2M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 42% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6098th and 3529th ($940 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 1.4 months in Riyadh. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5641st and 879th 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	$12.5	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$9443

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487