Niigata vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$425	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	52	70
😀 Quality of life	67	78
🏙️ Population	791K	1.4M

The cost of living in Niigata is 2% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 5101st and 5261st ($1059 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 1st in Japan and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Japan vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 3754th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Sofia

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	Niigata	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$6749

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633