Nizhny Novgorod vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	60	100
🏙️ Population	1.2M	5.45M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 67% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6322nd and 649th ($882 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Russia and Australia, respectively. Check Russia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5937th and 3rd 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	$11.6	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710