Nizhny Novgorod vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2140	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$430	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$308	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.5	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$721	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	46	52
😀 Quality of life	60	89
🏙️ Population	1.2M	686K

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 14% less expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 6322nd and 5380th ($882 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 315th 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 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th best city to live in Russia vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 5937th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shizuoka infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nizhny-novgorod/shizuoka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shizuoka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nizhny-novgorod/shizuoka" target="_blank">Nizhny Novgorod vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nizhny Novgorod vs Shizuoka

Prices for goods and services in Nizhny Novgorod and Shizuoka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nizhny Novgorod	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.79	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.8	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2854	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1848	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.2	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.62	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.15	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$327	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3800	$19584

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068