Nizhny Novgorod vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$430	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	60	64
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.47M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 8% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6322nd and 5881st ($882 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 6th in Russia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ranked 14th vs 6th best cities to live in Russia, and 5937th vs 5334th among the best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$7319

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617