Bucharest vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$474	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$1530
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	77	52
😀 Quality of life	79	67
🏙️ Population	1.72M	791K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 7% less expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 5565th and 5101st ($988 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 306th in Romania and Japan, respectively. Check Romania vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 645th and 3754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Niigata

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	Bucharest	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$15118

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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