Nizhny Novgorod vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2399
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$5692
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1509
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$2680
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$4354
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	46	74
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	1.2M	459K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 63% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 6322nd and 1045th ($882 vs $2399) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 916th in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.8 months in Virginia Beach. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Virginia Beach ranked 63rd in the United States, while ranked 5937th and 216th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Virginia Beach

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Virginia Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$89.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$5.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1571
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2887
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$2348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2520
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$69.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$5.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$5.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$4.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$125
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$19.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$1618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$16163

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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 Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2593
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2287
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2414
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2679
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2224
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2384
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2115
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2408
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2395
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2438
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1935
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2076
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2347
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2071
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2509
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1893
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2171
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2176
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2506
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1983
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2919
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2355
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2940
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2495
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3328
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3054
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2693
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2791
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2563
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2553
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3275
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2710