Niigata vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Niigata	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1184
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2899	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$425	$508
🏘️ Family rent	$938	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1539	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	52	22
😀 Quality of life	68	57
🏙️ Population	791K	1.96M

The cost of living in Niigata is 11% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4949th and 4480th ($1056 vs $1184) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 172nd and 12th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Niigata ranked 599th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 8th in Mexico, while ranked 3500th and 5782nd 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	$5.19	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.9	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$9.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$1219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$729
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.8	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	11.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2812	$3013
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2341	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.8	$40.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$21.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$7.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$7.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$2.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.66	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21.8	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.05	$3.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$46.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$49.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.3	$96.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.1	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15169	$4103

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$991
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1002
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1004
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1009
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$997
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1018
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$999
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1071
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1013
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1049
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1060
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$965
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1072
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$977
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$966
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1086
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$956
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1050
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1006
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$957
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$952
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1032
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$943
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$988
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$944
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$939
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1013
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1015
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$957
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$961
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$958
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$986
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$942

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2907
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3051
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3427
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2868
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2910
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2788
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2867
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2784
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2879
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2884
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2722
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2732
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3094
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$1027
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2597
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$3070
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3155
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2684
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2803
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2751
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2637
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2879
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2687
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2684