Fukuoka vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$430	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$652
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	80	49
😀 Quality of life	72	57
🏙️ Population	1.6M	1.46M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 4% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 5120th and 5385th ($1057 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 15th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 1739th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Guadalajara

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	Fukuoka	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$5853

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214