Niigata vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$425	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	22
😀 Quality of life	67	58
🏙️ Population	791K	1.96M

The cost of living in Niigata is 1% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5101st and 5176th ($1059 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 12th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 3754th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Tijuana

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	Niigata	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677