Nizhny Novgorod vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$3392
🏠 One person rent	$430	$754
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$1279
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$115
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1950
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	38
😀 Quality of life	60	80
🏙️ Population	1.2M	767K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 39% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 6322nd and 4147th ($882 vs $1437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 6th in Russia and Croatia, respectively. Check Russia vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.4 months in Zagreb. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 5937th and 742nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Zagreb

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$12.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$743
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$991
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$125
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$191
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$5609
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$3578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$8.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$5.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$8.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$8.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$96.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$12234

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1199
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1033
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1195
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1340
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1236
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1383
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1044
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$817
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$665
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$685
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1640
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$617
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1316
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1422
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1416
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1685
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$920
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$802
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1683
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1600
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$823
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1081
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1033
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1386
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1398
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1756
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1377
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1378
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$858
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1322
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$669
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$973
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1415
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1072
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1052
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$890