Niigata vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$5984
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1542
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$2792
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$4931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	52	82
😀 Quality of life	67	89
🏙️ Population	791K	468K

The cost of living in Niigata is 55% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 4902nd and 806th ($1108 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 719th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Raleigh ranked 49th in the United States, while ranked 3769th and 202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Raleigh

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	Niigata	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$77.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$1570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$2331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$166
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$7431
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$3484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$61.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$4.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$5.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$7.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$4.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$23.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$22229

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753