Nizhny Novgorod vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$2709
🏠 One person rent	$528	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$631
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$202
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$1511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	48	99
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.33M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 0.3% less expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 5192nd and 5168th ($1051 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 148th in Russia and Japan, respectively. Check Russia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.4 months in Saitama. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Saitama ranked 70th in Japan, while ranked 5476th and 1050th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$166
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	2.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$5095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$2901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$69.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$7.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$8.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$62.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$40
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$17.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$34.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$55
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$355
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$14598

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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

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$973
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$985
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1004
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1051
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1009
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1045
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1073
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1068
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1006
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1064
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1040
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1029
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1075
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1028
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$998
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1020
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1037
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1679
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1038
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1038
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1046
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1027
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1101
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1039
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1055
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1096