Kazan vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$375	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$1530
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	54	52
😀 Quality of life	60	67
🏙️ Population	1.26M	791K

The cost of living in Kazan is 31% less expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 6742nd and 5101st ($734 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 306th in Russia and Japan, respectively. Check Russia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 5162nd and 3754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Niigata

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	Kazan	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$15118

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052