Niigata vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$425	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$3493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	94
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	791K	664K

The cost of living in Niigata is 55% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 5101st and 1038th ($1059 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 3rd in Japan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Japan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 3754th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Rotterdam

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	Niigata	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514