Adelaide vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2607
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$695
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$1617
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	54
😀 Quality of life	93	74
🏙️ Population	1.39M	791K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 128% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1210th and 5487th ($2338 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 361st in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.6 months in Niigata. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Niigata ranked 214th in Japan, while ranked 73rd and 2415th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Niigata

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	Adelaide	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$5.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$3.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$538
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$444
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$2772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$2779
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$52.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$24.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$38.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$45.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$65.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$16483

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$984
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$999
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1011
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1016
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1024
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1015
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1056
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1023
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1099
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1037
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1072
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1060
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1083
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1018
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$975
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1085
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1031
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$968
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1100
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$954
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1058
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$941
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1022
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$948
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$958
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1035
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1058
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$942
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$948
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$983
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$961
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1035
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1041
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$969
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$926
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1045
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1032