Nizhny Novgorod vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$5469
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$2021
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$669
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$3329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	48	98
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.03M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 53% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5192nd and 1403rd ($1051 vs $2240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Russia and Austria, respectively. Check Russia vs Austria 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 Vienna. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5476th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Vienna

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$5.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$3.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$844
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$2069
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$1556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$36.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$13774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$6758
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$2.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$4.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$97.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$28814

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1883
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1862
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1831
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1941
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1590
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1475
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1805
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1172
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1150
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1230
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$1042
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1257
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1308
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$917
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$974
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1628
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1499
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$967
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1126
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1218
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1409
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1126
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1156
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1265
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1108
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1255
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1681
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1653
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1430
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1201
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1803
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1751
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1701
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1065
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$928