Nizhny Novgorod vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$459	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	48	99
😀 Quality of life	63	98
🏙️ Population	1.2M	5.45M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 67% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6098th and 348th ($940 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 1.5 months in Sydney. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5641st 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	$12.5	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$21946

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864