Niigata vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$425	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	52	83
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	791K	633K

The cost of living in Niigata is 46% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5101st and 1961st ($1059 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 5th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 3754th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Stuttgart

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	Niigata	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581