Adelaide vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1057
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2609
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$670
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1287
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	94	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.6M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 87% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 1894th and 5120th ($1978 vs $1057) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 316th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Fukuoka ranked 215th in Japan, while ranked 46th and 1739th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Fukuoka

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	Adelaide	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$62.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	1.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$5198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$2448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$11983

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1669
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$925
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$922
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$920
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$911
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$918
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$921
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$903
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$919
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$896
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$921
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$910
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$916
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$872
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$847
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$916
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$913
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$866
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$848
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$830
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$916
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$913
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$884
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$908
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$916
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$916
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$872
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$866
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$852
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$839
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$895
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$842
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$852
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$850