Hamamatsu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$400	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	46
😀 Quality of life	72	60
🏙️ Population	788K	1.2M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 15% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5456th and 6322nd ($1016 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 14th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 3374th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Hamamatsu	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$3800

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$959
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$962
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$897
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$968
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$908
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$974
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$814
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$853
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$977
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$976
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$884
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$979
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$909
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$973
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$937
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$976
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1005
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$961
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$960
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$978
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$1025
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1001
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$960
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$971
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$985
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$970
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$992
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$978
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$985
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$972
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954

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