Nizhny Novgorod vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	48	94
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 47% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5192nd and 2081st ($1051 vs $1979) 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5476th and 335th 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	$14.4	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$15882

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445