Novosibirsk vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$316	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	49	72
😀 Quality of life	58	90
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.06M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 34% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6907th and 5132nd ($698 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th 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 Novosibirsk compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 5517th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Sendai

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	Novosibirsk	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648

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