Nizhny Novgorod vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1645	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$289	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$547	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$543	$2543
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	46	73
😀 Quality of life	55	92
🏙️ Population	1.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 42% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 7383rd and 4890th ($639 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 142nd 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 2.3 months in Sendai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 5846th and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Sendai

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.02	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$650	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.97	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.01%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1329	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.43	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.27	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.45	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.12	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.7	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.1	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$274	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5245	$6369

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057