Nizhny Novgorod vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$328	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$647	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	46	72
😀 Quality of life	55	90
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.06M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 32% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6811th and 5132nd ($717 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 324th 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 1.8 months in Sendai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th best city to live in Russia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 5853rd and 156th 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	$9.04	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.55	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.62%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2295	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.9	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4568	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034