Nizhny Novgorod vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$596	$809
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1590	$1207
🏠 One person rent	$255	$554
🏘️ Family rent	$507	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.3	$49.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$550	$411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	40
😀 Quality of life	56	51
🏙️ Population	1.25M	5.94M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 26% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 7706th and 6358th ($596 vs $809) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 1st in Russia and India, respectively. Check Russia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.5 months in Surat. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Surat ranked 37th in India, while ranked 5856th and 6236th 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	$7.61	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$10.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.35	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$491
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$1128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$264
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$26.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$41.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$6.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.54%	8.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1219	$717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$6.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.51	$2.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.08	$0.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$5.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$8.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.49	$7.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$3.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.25	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$2.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$15.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.38	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$2.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$27.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$41.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$311	$70.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5368	$1785

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$301
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$399
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$377
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$396
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$315
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$345
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$385
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$391
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$482
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$457
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$353
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$706
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$377
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$359
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$379
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$510
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$323
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$358
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$390
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$281
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$338
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$308
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$400
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$375
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$431
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$338
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$345
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$325
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$359
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$336
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$352
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$342
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$334
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$352
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$370
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$361