Niigata vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$425	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	49
😀 Quality of life	67	58
🏙️ Population	791K	1.63M

The cost of living in Niigata is 52% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 5101st and 6907th ($1059 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 26th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 3754th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Novosibirsk

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	Niigata	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$4263

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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

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648