Kagoshima vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kagoshima	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2478	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$428	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1931	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	46
😀 Quality of life	74	60
🏙️ Population	594K	1.2M

The cost of living in Kagoshima is 15% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5446th and 6322nd ($1016 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 363rd and 14th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kagoshima compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kagoshima ranked 272nd best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 2456th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kagoshima vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kagoshima	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.86	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$705	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3716	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2046	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$39.5	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.25	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.6	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.4	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12844	$3800

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Cities near Kagoshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Hioki	$931
16 km or 10 mi	Aira	$927
25 km or 16 mi	Kirishima	$918
27 km or 17 mi	Minamikyushu	$925
30 km or 19 mi	Minamisatsuma	$926
30 km or 19 mi	Ichikikushikino	$923
34 km or 21 mi	Satsumasendai	$919
36 km or 22 mi	Satsuma	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Kanoya	$917
39 km or 24 mi	Ibusuki	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Makurazaki	$915
44 km or 27 mi	Soo	$889
48 km or 30 mi	Shibushi	$898
50 km or 31 mi	Miyakonojo	$888
51 km or 32 mi	Isa	$905
56 km or 35 mi	Mimata	$866
58 km or 36 mi	Izumi	$911
59 km or 37 mi	Kobayashi	$880
71 km or 44 mi	Minamata	$909
71 km or 44 mi	Hitoyoshi	$900
78 km or 48 mi	Nichinan	$862
89 km or 55 mi	Miyazaki	$852
98 km or 61 mi	Saito	$846
102 km or 63 mi	Amakusa	$900
103 km or 64 mi	Yatsushiro	$907
107 km or 67 mi	Takanabe	$853
111 km or 69 mi	Kami-Amakusa	$903
117 km or 73 mi	Uki	$914
121 km or 75 mi	Minamishimabara	$900
122 km or 76 mi	Uto	$914
133 km or 82 mi	Shimabara	$899
134 km or 84 mi	Kumamoto	$991
135 km or 84 mi	Mashiki	$912
136 km or 85 mi	Hyuga	$898
142 km or 88 mi	Unzen	$894
143 km or 89 mi	Kikuyo	$913
145 km or 90 mi	Koshi	$914
146 km or 90 mi	Ozu	$909
147 km or 91 mi	Isahaya	$891
147 km or 91 mi	Nagasaki	$948

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