Himeji vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Himeji	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2561	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$335	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$423	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2004	$976
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	53 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	54
😀 Quality of life	75	64
🏙️ Population	528K	1.33M

The cost of living in Himeji is 0.5% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5728th and 5700th ($976 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 468th and 20th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Himeji compared to 1 months in Kazan. Himeji ranked 160th best city to live in Japan vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 1726th and 5282nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Himeji vs Kazan

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	Himeji	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.38	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$365	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.08%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5390	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2842	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.52	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.7	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$28.8	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.53	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.44	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.3	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$576	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14131	$14895

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Cities near Himeji

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Taishi	$924
11 km or 7 mi	Takasago	$946
13 km or 8.3 mi	Tatsuno	$934
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kakogawa	$1007
19 km or 12 mi	Kasai	$962
20 km or 12 mi	Aioi	$946
20 km or 13 mi	Harima	$1004
22 km or 14 mi	Inami	$1014
23 km or 14 mi	Ono	$997
24 km or 15 mi	Shiso	$946
28 km or 17 mi	Ako	$957
28 km or 17 mi	Miki	$1031
29 km or 18 mi	Kato	$997
33 km or 20 mi	Nishiwaki	$989
35 km or 21 mi	Akashi	$1141
46 km or 29 mi	Bizen	$934
48 km or 30 mi	Awaji	$1119
48 km or 30 mi	Kobe	$1185
50 km or 31 mi	Sanda	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Tanba	$984
53 km or 33 mi	Mimasaka	$932
56 km or 35 mi	Sumoto	$1122
57 km or 35 mi	Setouchi	$898
57 km or 35 mi	Tamba-Sasayama	$993
57 km or 36 mi	Ashiya	$1012
59 km or 36 mi	Asago	$969
59 km or 36 mi	Minamiawaji	$1184
60 km or 37 mi	Nishinomiya	$1066
61 km or 38 mi	Akaiwa	$885
62 km or 38 mi	Takarazuka	$1024
64 km or 40 mi	Inagawa	$991
66 km or 41 mi	Yabu	$955
66 km or 41 mi	Itami	$1010
66 km or 41 mi	Amagasaki	$1059
67 km or 42 mi	Fukuchiyama	$992
67 km or 42 mi	Kawanishi	$996
68 km or 43 mi	Ikeda	$988
69 km or 43 mi	Tsuyama	$922
70 km or 44 mi	Higashikagawa	$1251
72 km or 45 mi	Toyonaka	$1042

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077