Brisbane vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$1530
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	52
😀 Quality of life	97	67
🏙️ Population	2.71M	791K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 90% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1792nd and 5101st ($2016 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 306th 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 1.4 months in Niigata. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 7th and 3754th 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	$13.3	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$15118

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052