Niigata vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Niigata	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1018	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2580	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$433	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$731	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1251	$3694
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	99
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	791K	2.1M

The cost of living in Niigata is 59% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5436th and 964th ($1018 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 299th and 1st in Japan and France, respectively. Check Japan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Niigata compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Niigata ranked 365th best city to live in Japan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2749th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Paris

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	Niigata	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.43	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.3	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$288	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$507	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.48%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2634	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2645	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.31	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.24	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$19.9	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.3	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.3	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.5	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.7	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$62.2	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17418	$19577

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$993
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1015
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1013
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1021
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1019
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$996
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1030
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$997
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1066
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1008
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1044
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1053
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$950
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1058
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1007
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$942
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1074
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$935
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$932
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1025
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1004
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$924
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$933
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1002
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1031
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$914
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$928
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$956
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1009
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1021
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$944
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$949
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$904
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1029
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1009

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506