Niigata vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$446	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$543
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	46
😀 Quality of life	67	55
🏙️ Population	791K	1.21M

The cost of living in Niigata is 73% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4902nd and 7383rd ($1108 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 28th 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 Niigata compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 3769th and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Niigata	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$5245

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519