Nizhny Novgorod vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$430	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1641
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	74
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.96M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 25% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 6322nd and 4750th ($882 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 38th 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 1.4 months in Sapporo. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 5937th and 239th 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	$11.6	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$10519

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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

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068