Niigata vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Niigata	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1024	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2607	$4604
🏠 One person rent	$414	$1208
🏘️ Family rent	$695	$1789
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1617	$4089
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	54	81
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	791K	1.43M

The cost of living in Niigata is 50% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 5487th and 1874th ($1024 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 361st and 1483rd 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 1.6 months in Niigata compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Niigata ranked 214th best city to live in Japan vs San Antonio ranked 42nd in the United States, while ranked 2415th and 170th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs San Antonio

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	Niigata	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.4	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$5.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$301	$1308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$242	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$538	$1847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1394
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$75.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.48%	6.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$4289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2779	$1889
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$37.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.9	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.85	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.35	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$8.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$96.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.8	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.5	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65.8	$1248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16483	$17470

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$984
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$999
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1011
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1016
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1024
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1015
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1056
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1023
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1099
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1037
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1072
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1060
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1083
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1018
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$975
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1085
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1031
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$968
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1100
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$954
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1058
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$941
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1022
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$948
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$958
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1035
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1058
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$942
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$948
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$983
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$961
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1035
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1041
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$969
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$926
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1045
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1032

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2175
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2200
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2237
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2165
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2444
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2187
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2125
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2226
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1991
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2029
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1009
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1706
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2153
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1883
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2016
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1736
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1017
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$802
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$2000
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1913
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2285
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2094
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2762
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2112
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2112
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1836
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2150
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2150