Nizhny Novgorod vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$1290
🏠 One person rent	$528	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$361
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$162
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$22.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	48	47
😀 Quality of life	63	41
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.57M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 108% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5192nd and 8645th ($1051 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 48th in Russia and Iran, respectively. Check Russia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Shiraz ranked 30th in Iran, while ranked 5476th and 7725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shiraz

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$2.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$0.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$300
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$15.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$24.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	23.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$1062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$3.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$2.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$2.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$2.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$6.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$5.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$79.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$2115

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$485
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$471
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$497
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$457
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$459
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$494
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$454
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$469
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$451
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$521
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$517
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$454
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$452
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$778
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$703
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$917
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$522
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$548
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1340
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1059
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1218
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1062
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$965
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$700
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$496
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$2015
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$694