Niigata vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$446	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$846
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	52	82
😀 Quality of life	67	67
🏙️ Population	791K	5.38M

The cost of living in Niigata is 27% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4902nd and 6204th ($1108 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 2nd in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 3769th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Saint Petersburg

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	Niigata	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$6847

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525