Nizhny Novgorod vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$430	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	46	61
😀 Quality of life	60	83
🏙️ Population	1.2M	581K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 38% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 6322nd and 4221st ($882 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Russia and Lithuania, respectively. Check Russia vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 5937th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522