Niigata vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$387
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$1009
🏠 One person rent	$446	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$227
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$570
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	52	5
😀 Quality of life	67	50
🏙️ Population	791K	115K

The cost of living in Niigata is 186% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4902nd and 9013th ($1108 vs $387) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 2nd in Japan and Bhutan, respectively. Check Japan vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 1.5 months in Thimphu. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 3769th and 6232nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Thimphu

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	Niigata	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$6.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$65.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$222
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$13.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$21.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$625
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$1.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$3.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$4.33
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$3.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$3.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$32.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$691

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$455
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$314
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$293
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$930
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$331
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$312
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$370
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$339
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$359
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$311
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$997
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$303
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$282
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$390
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$311
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$256
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$297
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$279
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$296
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$321
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$309
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$271
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$443
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$428
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$380
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$301
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$311
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$335
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$290
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$307
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$356
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$288
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$273
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$284