Niigata vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Niigata	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1007	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2570	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$390	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	99
😀 Quality of life	72	100
🏙️ Population	791K	5.45M

The cost of living in Niigata is 62% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5515th and 649th ($1007 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 404th and 1st in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Niigata compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Niigata ranked 406th best city to live in Japan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 3269th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Sydney

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	Niigata	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.38	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$552	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.8	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.49%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2790	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2422	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.6	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.8	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.69	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21.9	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.6	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$66.1	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14992	$19140

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710