Niigata vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Niigata	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$980
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2899	$2488
🏠 One person rent	$425	$366
🏘️ Family rent	$938	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$339
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1539	$1735
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	52	53
😀 Quality of life	68	85
🏙️ Population	791K	686K

The cost of living in Niigata is 8% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4949th and 5464th ($1056 vs $980) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 172nd and 474th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 1.8 months in Shizuoka. Ranked 599th vs 10th best cities to live in Japan, and 3500th vs 290th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Shizuoka

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	Niigata	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.19	$6.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.9	$33.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$329
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$709
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$77.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.8	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	1.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2812	$2516
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2341	$2140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.8	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$9.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$5.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$3.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$9.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.66	$3.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21.8	$5.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.05	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$72
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$35.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$37.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.3	$51.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.1	$184
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15169	$8605

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$991
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1002
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1004
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1009
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$997
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1018
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$999
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1071
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1013
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1049
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1060
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$965
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1072
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$977
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$966
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1086
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$956
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1050
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1006
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$957
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$952
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1032
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$943
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$988
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$944
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$939
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1013
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1015
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$957
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$961
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$958
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$986
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$942

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$932
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$936
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$952
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$954
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$960
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1005
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$962
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$961
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$964
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1041
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$963
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1027
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1030
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1035
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1039
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1034
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$966
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1021
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1047
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1047
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1048
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1033
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1036
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1052
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1039
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1053
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1050
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1054
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1061
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1080
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1032
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1088
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$989
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1043
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$941
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1052