Gold Coast vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$3039
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$989
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$1634
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	52
😀 Quality of life	88	67
🏙️ Population	608K	791K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 108% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 1120th and 4902nd ($2300 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 146th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.5 months in Niigata. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Niigata ranked 578th in Japan, while ranked 209th and 3769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Niigata

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	Gold Coast	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$43.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$2.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$327
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$692
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$2976
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$2688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$1.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$7.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$5.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$26.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$87.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$15392

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046