Niigata vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$2199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$5330
🏠 One person rent	$425	$1365
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$2421
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$3900
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	52	92
😀 Quality of life	67	94
🏙️ Population	791K	548K

The cost of living in Niigata is 52% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 5101st and 1356th ($1059 vs $2199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 6th in Japan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Japan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 3754th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs The Hague

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	Niigata	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$2.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$1365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$5262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$3990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$4.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$58.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$14.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$3.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$34.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$2176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$10346

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$1861
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2081
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2291
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2251
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2049
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2180
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$1944
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$1739
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$1937
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2001
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$1995
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$1862
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2432
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1651
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1357
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2105
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1421
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1640
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1613
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$1958
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1530