Nizhny Novgorod vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1331
🏠 One person rent	$430	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$62.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	35
😀 Quality of life	60	38
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.96M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 57% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6322nd and 8195th ($882 vs $560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Russia and Yemen, respectively. Check Russia vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 5937th and 8072nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Sanaa

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$249
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$38.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	12.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$6.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$7.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$62.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$86.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$3336

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$498
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$500
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$512
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$499
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$498
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$522
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$860
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$517
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$911
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$560
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$586
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$903
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$499
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$559
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$500
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$918
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$826
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$533
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$498
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$502
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$500
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$694
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$1039
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$1169
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$1175
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$1016
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$1162
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$971
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1155
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$964
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1627
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$817
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$1031