Nizhny Novgorod vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	46	98
😀 Quality of life	60	95
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.97M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 59% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6322nd and 1640th ($882 vs $2132) 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5937th and 39th 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	$11.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946