Niigata vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$425	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$3761
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	52	53
😀 Quality of life	67	89
🏙️ Population	791K	140K

The cost of living in Niigata is 64% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5101st and 200th ($1059 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 1st in Japan and Iceland, respectively. Check Japan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 3754th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Reykjavik

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	Niigata	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$2532

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006