Nizhny Novgorod vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2295	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$459	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$818	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$810	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	48	48
😀 Quality of life	63	63
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.47M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 11% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6098th and 5278th ($940 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 5th 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 7th vs 6th best cities to live in Russia, and 5641st vs 5513th 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	$12.5	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.8	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$528	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$975	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$631	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.91	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.79%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2988	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.51	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.5	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4368	$7937

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688