Hamamatsu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$407	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	46
😀 Quality of life	68	55
🏙️ Population	788K	1.2M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 46% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5196th and 6811th ($1045 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 24th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 3129th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Hamamatsu	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$4568

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$981
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$971
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$919
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$976
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$860
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$983
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$961
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$908
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$969
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$966
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$925
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$940
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$948
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$931
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1010
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$984
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$998
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$932
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$985
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$990
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1016
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1008
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1015
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$977
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1003
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$991
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1013
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$995
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1010
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$985
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1016
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$981

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