Niigata vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Niigata	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1024	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2607	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$414	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$695	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1617	$1025
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	54	22
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	791K	1.96M

The cost of living in Niigata is 21% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5487th and 4578th ($1024 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 361st and 9th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Niigata compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Niigata ranked 214th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 2415th and 5712th 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	$5.4	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$301	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$242	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$538	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.48%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2779	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.9	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.85	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.35	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.8	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.5	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65.8	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16483	$4857

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$984
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$999
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1011
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1016
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1024
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1015
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1056
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1023
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1099
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1037
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1072
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1060
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1083
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1018
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$975
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1085
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1031
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$968
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1100
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$954
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1058
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$941
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1022
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$948
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$958
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1035
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1058
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$942
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$948
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$983
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$961
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1035
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1041
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$969
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$926
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1045
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1032

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667