Niigata vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niigata	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2916	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$425	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1530	$3578
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	34
😀 Quality of life	67	80
🏙️ Population	791K	543K

The cost of living in Niigata is 46% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 5101st and 1962nd ($1059 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 306th and 1679th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Niigata compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Niigata ranked 581st best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 3754th and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Tucson

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	Niigata	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.7	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2642	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22.1	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.5	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15118	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262