Brisbane vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2607
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$695
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1617
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	54
😀 Quality of life	98	74
🏙️ Population	2.71M	791K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 122% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1349th and 5487th ($2269 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 361st in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Niigata. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Niigata ranked 214th in Japan, while ranked 3rd and 2415th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Niigata

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	Brisbane	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$3.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$538
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$444
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2779
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$52.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$7.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$24.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$38.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$45.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$65.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$16483

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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