El Paso vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$980	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$1530
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	52
😀 Quality of life	79	67
🏙️ Population	679K	791K

The cost of living in El Paso is 71% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5101st ($1813 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 306th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 633rd and 3754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Niigata

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	El Paso	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$15118

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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