Niigata vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$446	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	100
😀 Quality of life	67	79
🏙️ Population	791K	24.9M

The cost of living in Niigata is 3% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4902nd and 4780th ($1108 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 6th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 3769th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Shanghai

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	Niigata	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774