Nizhny Novgorod vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$663
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$933
🏠 One person rent	$528	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$278
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$152
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$43.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$267
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	48	40
😀 Quality of life	63	60
🏙️ Population	1.2M	5.94M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 58% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5192nd and 7534th ($1051 vs $663) 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Surat ranked 17th in India, while ranked 5476th and 5942nd 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	$14.4	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$10.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$3.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$3.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$338
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$34.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$7.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	9.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$5.28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$2.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$0.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$4.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$1.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$0.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$18.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$2.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$2.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$24.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$49.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$877

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$267
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$358
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$329
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$360
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$252
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$370
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$350
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$355
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$464
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$298
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$717
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$367
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$285
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$335
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$495
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$283
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$312
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$346
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$241
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$314
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$273
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$256
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$282
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$365
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$316
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$269
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$281
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$279
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$299
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$287
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$308
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$288
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$309
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$298