Nizhny Novgorod vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$328	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	73
😀 Quality of life	55	87
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.96M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 40% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 6811th and 4470th ($717 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 39th 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 1.2 months in Sapporo. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 5853rd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Sapporo

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.04	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$10781

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088