Himeji vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Himeji	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1181	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3908	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$536	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1850	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2240	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	53 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	528K	1.2M

The cost of living in Himeji is 65% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4535th and 6811th ($1181 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 50th and 24th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Himeji compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Himeji ranked 224th best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 1836th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Himeji vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Himeji	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.31	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.55	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.23	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$396	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2664	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1478	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5545	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3543	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.05	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.5	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.83	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.61	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31.2	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.11	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.68	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.94	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.5	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16359	$4568

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Cities near Himeji

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Taishi	$1075
11 km or 7 mi	Takasago	$1076
13 km or 8.3 mi	Tatsuno	$1064
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
19 km or 12 mi	Kasai	$1059
20 km or 12 mi	Aioi	$1057
20 km or 13 mi	Harima	$1073
22 km or 14 mi	Inami	$1072
23 km or 14 mi	Ono	$1057
24 km or 15 mi	Shiso	$1042
28 km or 17 mi	Ako	$1040
28 km or 17 mi	Miki	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Kato	$1049
33 km or 20 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
35 km or 21 mi	Akashi	$1158
46 km or 29 mi	Bizen	$985
48 km or 30 mi	Awaji	$1156
48 km or 30 mi	Kobe	$1107
50 km or 31 mi	Sanda	$1048
51 km or 32 mi	Tanba	$1038
53 km or 33 mi	Mimasaka	$991
56 km or 35 mi	Sumoto	$1157
57 km or 35 mi	Setouchi	$949
57 km or 35 mi	Tamba-Sasayama	$1041
57 km or 36 mi	Ashiya	$1049
59 km or 36 mi	Asago	$1027
59 km or 36 mi	Minamiawaji	$1212
60 km or 37 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
61 km or 38 mi	Akaiwa	$937
62 km or 38 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
64 km or 40 mi	Inagawa	$1045
66 km or 41 mi	Yabu	$1011
66 km or 41 mi	Itami	$1062
66 km or 41 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
67 km or 42 mi	Fukuchiyama	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
68 km or 43 mi	Ikeda	$1046
69 km or 43 mi	Tsuyama	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Higashikagawa	$1187
72 km or 45 mi	Toyonaka	$1063

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