Niigata vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$446	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	52	43
😀 Quality of life	67	64
🏙️ Population	791K	1.08M

The cost of living in Niigata is 42% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4902nd and 6525th ($1108 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 5th in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3769th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Nur-Sultan

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	Niigata	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$6243

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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

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595