Nizhny Novgorod vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$1038
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$3066
🏠 One person rent	$289	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$1034
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$1869
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	55	79
🏙️ Population	1.21M	1.33M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 38% less expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 7383rd and 5386th ($639 vs $1038) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 468th in Russia and Japan, respectively. Check Russia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.8 months in Saitama. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Saitama ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 5846th and 592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Saitama

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.02	$6.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$378
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$1155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	1.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$5623
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$3881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$5.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$4.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$9.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$53
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$12701

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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

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$964
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$980
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1000
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1038
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1016
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1056
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1059
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1061
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1033
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1062
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1060
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1031
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1077
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1095
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1050
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1641
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1052
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1062
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1095
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1057
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1065
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1075