Niigata vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Niigata	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2899	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$425	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$938	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1539	$626
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	43
😀 Quality of life	68	63
🏙️ Population	791K	1.08M

The cost of living in Niigata is 30% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4949th and 6335th ($1056 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 172nd and 4th 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 599th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3500th and 4845th 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	$5.19	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.9	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2812	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2341	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.8	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.66	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21.8	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.05	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.1	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15169	$8086

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$991
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1002
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1004
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1009
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$997
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1018
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$999
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1071
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1013
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1049
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1060
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$965
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1072
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$977
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$966
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1086
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$956
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1050
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1006
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$957
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$952
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1032
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$943
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$988
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$944
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$939
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1013
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1015
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$957
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$961
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$958
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$986
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$942

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651