Nizhny Novgorod vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$328	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$4114
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	81
😀 Quality of life	55	91
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.43M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 65% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 6811th and 1745th ($717 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1531st 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 2 months in San Antonio. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 5853rd and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs San Antonio

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	Nizhny Novgorod	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133