Frankfurt vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	87	52
😀 Quality of life	95	72
🏙️ Population	776K	791K

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 117% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1510th and 5515th ($2182 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 404th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 38th and 3269th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Frankfurt vs Niigata infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/frankfurt/niigata.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Frankfurt vs Niigata infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/frankfurt/niigata" target="_blank">Frankfurt vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Frankfurt vs Niigata

Prices for goods and services in Frankfurt and Niigata are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Frankfurt	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$14992

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001