Hiroshima vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$335	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$616
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	49
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.63M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 26% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6156th and 6907th ($878 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 26th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 218th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Novosibirsk

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	Hiroshima	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648