Kawaguchi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kawaguchi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2616	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$502	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$856	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	48
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	594K	1.2M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 0.6% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5226th and 5192nd ($1045 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 175th and 14th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kawaguchi ranked 48th best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 909th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kawaguchi	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.75	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.98	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$589	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.93%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6211	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3627	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.2	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.31	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.83	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.65	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15187	$5021

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Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873