Cleveland vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1057
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$2609
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$670
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1287
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	80
😀 Quality of life	86	72
🏙️ Population	373K	1.6M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 80% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 2110th and 5120th ($1899 vs $1057) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 316th 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 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Fukuoka ranked 215th in Japan, while ranked 305th and 1739th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Fukuoka

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	Cleveland	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$62.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	1.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$5198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$2448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$11983

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1958
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1931
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1927
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1973
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2023
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1943
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1922
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1966
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1921
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1914
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2003
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1876
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1965
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1954
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1967
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1935
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1902
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1937
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1915
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1930
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1818
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1871
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1799
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1842
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1666
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1839
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1840
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1753
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1584
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1606
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1481
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1526
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1279
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1858
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1860

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