Nizhny Novgorod vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$430	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	60	61
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 1% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6322nd and 6373rd ($882 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5937th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600