Niigata vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$425	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	61
😀 Quality of life	67	79
🏙️ Population	791K	605K

The cost of living in Niigata is 5% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 5101st and 4764th ($1059 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 2nd in Japan and Latvia, respectively. Check Japan vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 3754th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Riga

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	Niigata	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220