Nizhny Novgorod vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$328	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	96
😀 Quality of life	55	60
🏙️ Population	1.2M	8.69M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 9% less expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 6811th and 6486th ($717 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 4th in Russia and Iran, respectively. Check Russia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 5853rd and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Tehran

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510