Nizhny Novgorod vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$990
🏠 One person rent	$430	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	40
😀 Quality of life	60	55
🏙️ Population	1.2M	5.94M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 25% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6322nd and 7068th ($882 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 2nd in Russia and India, respectively. Check Russia vs India 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 Surat. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 5937th and 6284th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Surat

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$922

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333