Nizhny Novgorod vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$430	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	94
😀 Quality of life	60	85
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 55% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6322nd and 2069th ($882 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Russia and Poland, respectively. Check Russia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5937th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Warsaw

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349