--- title: "Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod – 3 ways by car, plane, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod is 402 km. Fastest: fly in 4h 23m. Cheapest: drive from ₽1,590. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/moscow-to-nizhny-novgorod" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/moscow-to-nizhny-novgorod.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) [Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nizhny-novgorod-to-moscow) **Fastest:** 4h 23m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ₽1,590\ by car\ **Distance:** 402 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 3 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 402 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 2h 30m slower than flying but ₽5,800 cheaper; for most people that trade is worth it. - [**Drive** best cheapest 6h 55m₽1,590–2,120 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia 437 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) - [**Fly** fastest 4h 23m₽6,020–10,260 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia VKO → GOJ · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) - [**Taxi** 6h 55m₽10,600–15,950 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Russia; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Avoid travel to Russia** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/russia) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.rus.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:04 → 12:27 4h 23m · direct₽6,610–10,260](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=fly-1) 2. [08:13 → 12:41 4h 28m · direct₽6,510–10,100](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 3. [08:14 → 12:55 4h 41m · direct₽6,020–9,270](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=fly-2) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod? The fastest way is by plane: about 4h 23m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 402 km. What is the cheapest way from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod? Drive is the cheapest, from ₽1,590. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod? About 1h 11m in the air (SVO → GOJ), about 4h 23m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ₽6,020–10,260; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Nizhny Novgorod from Moscow by road? About 437 km, roughly 6h 55m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₽1,590–2,120; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Nizhny Novgorod City in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny and from 1932 to 1990 known as Gorky, is the administrative centre and largest city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, and the administrative centre of the Volga Federal District, in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, and roughly 1.7 million residents in the wider urban area. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, and the second-most populous city on the Volga and in the Volga Federal District. The city is located 420 kilometers (260 mi) east of Moscow. It is an important economic, architectural, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the Volga-Vyatka Economic Region, and provides the majority of Russia's river tourism. [The Nizhny Novgorod guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nizhny-novgorod) Worth your time - The Kremlin It's worth a wander around and contains a church, war monument with eternal flame, a reasonable art museum and impressive views along the Volga River. - Minin and Pozharsky Square The main square of city, at the south-east side of the Kremlin. - Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street A pedestrian street, the main street of the city. - Rozhdestvenskaya Parallel to Oka river under the hill, this street contains a lot of 19th century buildings in rather good condition. 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