Arlington vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2636
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$433
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$748
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1480
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	82
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	394K	1.6M

The cost of living in Arlington is 83% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 2397th and 5335th ($1907 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 268th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Fukuoka. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Fukuoka ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 894th and 198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Fukuoka

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	Arlington	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$70.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$6366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2783
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$65
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$22.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$19.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$44.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$58.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$336
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$12561

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$943
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$942
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$936
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$937
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$944
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$931
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$943
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$943
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$927
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$954
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$924
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$955
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$940
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$965
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$890
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$852
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$968
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$958
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$969
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$939
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$881
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$856
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$820
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$976
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$977
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$966
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$903
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$956
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$984
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$880
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$859
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$843
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$934
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$866
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$862