Nizhny Novgorod vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$596	$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1590	$1762
🏠 One person rent	$255	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$507	$708
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.3	$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$550	$605
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	56	60
🏙️ Population	1.25M	1.47M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 12% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7706th and 6984th ($596 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 11th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ranked 10th vs 3rd best cities to live in Russia, and 5856th vs 5379th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Yekaterinburg

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.35	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$593	$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.54%	13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1219	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.51	$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.08	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.49	$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.25	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.38	$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$311	$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5368	$4747

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$497
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$487
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$537
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$636
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$488
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$547
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$734
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$567
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$468
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$605
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$448
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$494
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$456
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$660
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$646
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$559
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$623
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$500
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$517
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$402
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$526
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$518
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$614
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$814
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$414
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$632