Fukuoka vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$430	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	80	82
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	1.6M	548K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 39% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 5120th and 2608th ($1057 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 35th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 1739th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Hanover

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	Fukuoka	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$26877

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421