Kobe vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kobe	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1107	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2821	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$460	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$848	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1696	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	46
😀 Quality of life	78	55
🏙️ Population	1.52M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kobe is 54% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4793rd and 6811th ($1107 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 127th and 24th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kobe compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kobe ranked 31st best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 674th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kobe	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.7	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$846	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.5	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4362	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3074	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.3	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31.1	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.16	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16179	$4568

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Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557