Niigata vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Niigata	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$2235
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3039	$4982
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$2429
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1634	$2869
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	17
😀 Quality of life	67	84
🏙️ Population	791K	216K

The cost of living in Niigata is 50% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 4902nd and 1293rd ($1108 vs $2235) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 1st in Japan and New Zealand, respectively. Check Japan vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Niigata compared to 1.3 months in Wellington. Niigata ranked 578th best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 3769th and 353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niigata vs Wellington

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	Niigata	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.41	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.5	$73.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$9.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$7.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$1379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1212
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$2525
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$692	$2135
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.3	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.25%	7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2976	$8089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2688	$7074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$2.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$7.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$5.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$4.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$25.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$22	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.08	$5.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.6	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.1	$81
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.5	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.2	$822
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15392	$13500

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Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1844
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1406
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1334
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1640
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1573
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1205
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1403
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1981
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1569
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1274
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1671
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1654
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1791
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1879
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1939
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1848
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2205
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1916
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1463
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1531
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1928
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1359
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1532
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2286
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2801
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1833
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2472
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1755
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1997
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1732
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2265
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1700