Niigata vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$425	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	50
😀 Quality of life	67	90
🏙️ Population	791K	1.02M

The cost of living in Niigata is 48% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 5101st and 1701st ($1059 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 25th in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 3754th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Ottawa

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	Niigata	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800