Adelaide vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1018
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2580
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$433
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$731
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1251
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	54
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	791K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 131% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1178th and 5436th ($2355 vs $1018) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 299th 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 1.2 months in Niigata. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Niigata ranked 365th in Japan, while ranked 75th and 2749th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$5.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$3.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$514
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$29
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2634
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$46.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$37.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$43.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$62.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$17418

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$993
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1015
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1013
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1021
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1019
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$996
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1030
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$997
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1066
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1008
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1044
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1053
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$950
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1058
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1007
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$942
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1074
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$935
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$932
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1025
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1004
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$924
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$933
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1002
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1031
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$914
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$928
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$956
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1009
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1021
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$944
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$949
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$904
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1029
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1009