Kazan vs Kyoto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kazan	Kyoto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$1100
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2383	$2780
🏠 One person rent	$506	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$864	$722
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$1874
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	54	96
😀 Quality of life	64	78
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.46M

The cost of living in Kazan is 11% less expensive than in Kyoto. Cities ranked 5700th and 5014th ($981 vs $1100) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 71st in Russia and Japan, respectively. Check Russia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kazan compared to 1.7 months in Kyoto. Kazan ranked 4th best city to live in Russia vs Kyoto ranked 42nd in Japan, while ranked 5282nd and 867th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Kyoto

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	Kazan	Kyoto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$3.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$639	$467
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$531
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$97.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.66	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.93%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4128	$4384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2917	$2352
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$79.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.54	$27.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$4.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$8.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$26.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$60.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14895	$6117

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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

Cities near Kyoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.6 mi	Otsu	$930
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Muko	$949
12 km or 7.2 mi	Nagaokakyo	$950
15 km or 9.1 mi	Uji	$964
16 km or 10 mi	Yawata	$946
17 km or 11 mi	Shimamoto	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Joyo	$949
18 km or 11 mi	Kameoka	$960
18 km or 11 mi	Kusatsu	$930
21 km or 13 mi	Ritto	$932
21 km or 13 mi	Moriyama	$932
22 km or 14 mi	Kyotanabe	$954
23 km or 14 mi	Takatsuki	$946
24 km or 15 mi	Hirakata	$986
24 km or 15 mi	Yasu	$936
26 km or 16 mi	Katano	$946
28 km or 17 mi	Seika	$946
28 km or 18 mi	Ibaraki	$986
29 km or 18 mi	Konan	$941
29 km or 18 mi	Nantan	$970
30 km or 19 mi	Neyagawa	$982
31 km or 19 mi	Kizugawa	$938
32 km or 20 mi	Settsu	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Shijonawate	$964
33 km or 20 mi	Omihachiman	$949
34 km or 21 mi	Minoh	$982
35 km or 22 mi	Kadoma	$1010
36 km or 22 mi	Suita	$1063
36 km or 22 mi	Daito	$987
36 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1026
36 km or 22 mi	Ikoma	$950
37 km or 23 mi	Nara	$958
37 km or 23 mi	Koka	$948
37 km or 23 mi	Toyonaka	$1042
37 km or 23 mi	Ikeda	$988
38 km or 24 mi	Kawanishi	$996
38 km or 24 mi	Inagawa	$991
40 km or 25 mi	Higashiosaka	$1044
40 km or 25 mi	Yamatokoriyama	$929
41 km or 26 mi	Itami	$1010