Nizhny Novgorod vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$430	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	46	72
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.06M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 18% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6322nd and 5094th ($882 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 139th 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 Sendai. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 5937th and 242nd 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	$11.6	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$5899

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013