Nizhny Novgorod vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$328	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	94
😀 Quality of life	55	83
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 55% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6811th and 3022nd ($717 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 2nd in Russia and Poland, respectively. Check Russia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5853rd and 410th 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	$9.04	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$13608

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385