Nizhny Novgorod vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$328	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	50
😀 Quality of life	55	48
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.57M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 22% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6811th and 7787th ($717 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 34th 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 0.3 months in Shiraz. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5853rd and 6352nd 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	$9.04	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723