Nizhny Novgorod vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$430	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	49
😀 Quality of life	60	56
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.57M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 59% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6322nd and 8247th ($882 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 41st in Russia and Iran, respectively. Check Russia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5937th and 6229th 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	$11.6	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719