Niigata vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Niigata	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1007	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2570	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$390	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	46
😀 Quality of life	72	60
🏙️ Population	791K	1.2M

The cost of living in Niigata is 14% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5515th and 6322nd ($1007 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 404th and 14th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Niigata compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Niigata ranked 406th best city to live in Japan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 3269th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Niigata	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.38	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$552	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.49%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2790	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2422	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.6	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.8	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.69	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$66.1	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14992	$3800

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758