Omaha vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Omaha	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2229	$1038
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5406	$3066
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$2509	$1034
🍽️ Food expenses	$657	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$89	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4116	$1869
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	75	99
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	486K	1.33M

The cost of living in Omaha is 115% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 1309th and 5386th ($2229 vs $1038) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1150th and 468th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Omaha compared to 1.8 months in Saitama. Omaha ranked 66th best city to live in the United States vs Saitama ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 243rd and 592nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Omaha vs Saitama infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/omaha/saitama.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Omaha vs Saitama infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/omaha/saitama" target="_blank">Omaha vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Omaha vs Saitama

Prices for goods and services in Omaha and Saitama are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Omaha	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$6.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.8	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.53	$2.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.14	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$378
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3026	$1155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1933	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.8	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	1.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$5623
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1773	$3881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$5.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.8	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.46	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.27	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$5.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$9.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.5	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$96.9	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.1	$53
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$824	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24758	$12701

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1783
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2101
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$2045
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1679
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1885
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1719
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1947
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1869
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$1980
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1863
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1869
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1893
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1779
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1805
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1802
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1863
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1650
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1807
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2033
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1577
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$2026
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1770
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1998
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1956
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1690
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1781
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2053
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1697
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2231
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2084
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2308
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1850
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2287
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2433
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2258
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2019
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2316
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2100
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1978

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$964
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$980
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1000
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1038
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1016
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1056
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1059
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1061
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1033
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1062
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1060
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1031
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1077
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1095
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1050
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1641
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1052
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1062
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1095
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1057
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1065
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1075