Nizhny Novgorod vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$289	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$408
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	55	55
🏙️ Population	1.21M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 30% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7383rd and 6109th ($639 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Russia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Russia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5846th and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.02	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$7750

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$875
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$568
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$741
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$575
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$617
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$629
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1005
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$684
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$581
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$644
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1380
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$676
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$646
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$637
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$447
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$806
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$729
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$605
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$648
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$602
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$561
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$619
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$574
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$573
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$601
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$603
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$515
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$628
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$502
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$577
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$589
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$760
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$537
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$623
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1067
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$629
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$594