Nizhny Novgorod vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$328	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	55	60
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.47M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 6% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6811th and 6596th ($717 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 14th 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 15th vs 8th best cities to live in Russia, and 5853rd vs 5209th 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	$9.04	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658