Kyoto vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyoto	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1148	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3260	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$437	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1169	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$202	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1866	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	39 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	91	58
🏙️ Population	1.46M	1.63M

The cost of living in Kyoto is 65% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4641st and 6907th ($1148 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 67th and 26th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kyoto compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Kyoto ranked 6th best city to live in Japan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 112th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyoto vs Novosibirsk

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	Kyoto	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.8	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1602	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$896	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.8	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5311	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5383	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.3	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.1	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.04	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.14	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.72	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.1	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7056	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kyoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.6 mi	Otsu	$1048
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Muko	$1013
12 km or 7.2 mi	Nagaokakyo	$1010
15 km or 9.1 mi	Uji	$1027
16 km or 10 mi	Yawata	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Shimamoto	$1026
18 km or 11 mi	Joyo	$1014
18 km or 11 mi	Kameoka	$1026
18 km or 11 mi	Kusatsu	$1007
21 km or 13 mi	Ritto	$1001
21 km or 13 mi	Moriyama	$1004
22 km or 14 mi	Kyotanabe	$1016
23 km or 14 mi	Takatsuki	$1087
24 km or 15 mi	Hirakata	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Yasu	$1005
26 km or 16 mi	Katano	$1039
28 km or 17 mi	Seika	$998
28 km or 18 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
29 km or 18 mi	Konan	$1005
29 km or 18 mi	Nantan	$1030
30 km or 19 mi	Neyagawa	$1100
31 km or 19 mi	Kizugawa	$988
32 km or 20 mi	Settsu	$1142
32 km or 20 mi	Shijonawate	$1065
33 km or 20 mi	Omihachiman	$1005
34 km or 21 mi	Minoh	$1059
35 km or 22 mi	Kadoma	$1101
36 km or 22 mi	Suita	$1302
36 km or 22 mi	Daito	$1065
36 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Ikoma	$1009
37 km or 23 mi	Nara	$1008
37 km or 23 mi	Koka	$1001
37 km or 23 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
37 km or 23 mi	Ikeda	$1046
38 km or 24 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
38 km or 24 mi	Inagawa	$1045
40 km or 25 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
40 km or 25 mi	Yamatokoriyama	$979
41 km or 26 mi	Itami	$1062

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648