Nizhny Novgorod vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$328	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$5531
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	46	87
😀 Quality of life	55	91
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.39M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 79% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6811th and 36th ($717 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 32nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 5853rd and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs San Diego

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	Nizhny Novgorod	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$28706

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759