Niigata vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Niigata	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1018	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2580	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$433	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$731	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1251	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	48
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	791K	1.2M

The cost of living in Niigata is 3% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5436th and 5192nd ($1018 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 299th and 14th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Niigata compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Niigata ranked 365th best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 2749th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Niigata	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.43	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.3	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$288	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$507	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.48%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2634	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2645	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.31	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.24	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$19.9	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.3	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.7	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$62.2	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17418	$5021

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$993
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1015
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1013
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1021
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1019
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$996
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1030
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$997
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1066
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1008
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1044
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1053
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$950
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1058
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1007
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$942
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1074
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$935
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$932
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1025
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1004
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$924
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$933
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1002
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1031
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$914
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$928
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$956
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1009
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1021
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$944
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$949
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$904
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1029
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1009

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