Liverpool vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Liverpool	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1937	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4778	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1057	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$1802	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3068	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	85	52
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	513K	791K

The cost of living in Liverpool is 92% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2203rd and 5515th ($1937 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 132nd and 404th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Liverpool ranked 30th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 190th and 3269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Niigata

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	Liverpool	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.63	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1131	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2021	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3531	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2577	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.88	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.91	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.6	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.4	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1594	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16116	$14992

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783

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