Athens vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1057
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2609
🏠 One person rent	$616	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$670
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$1287
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	80
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	643K	1.6M

The cost of living in Athens is 20% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 4281st and 5120th ($1272 vs $1057) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 316th in Greece and Japan, respectively. Check Greece vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Fukuoka ranked 215th in Japan, while ranked 656th and 1739th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Fukuoka

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	Athens	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$62.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	1.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$5198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$2448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$11983

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

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