Niigata vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Niigata	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1007	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2570	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$390	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1897	$3621
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	33
😀 Quality of life	72	82
🏙️ Population	791K	543K

The cost of living in Niigata is 48% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 5515th and 2194th ($1007 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 404th and 1737th 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 1.9 months in Niigata compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Niigata ranked 406th best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 3269th and 634th 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	$5.38	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$552	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.8	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.49%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2790	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2422	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.6	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.8	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.69	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$21.9	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.06	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.7	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.6	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$66.1	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14992	$15639

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245