Nizhny Novgorod vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$328	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$4315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	100
😀 Quality of life	55	100
🏙️ Population	1.2M	4.84M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 72% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6811th and 745th ($717 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Russia and Australia, respectively. Check Russia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5853rd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Sydney

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683