Fukuoka vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$430	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$245
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	76
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	1.6M	1.59M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 44% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 5120th and 6734th ($1057 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 5th in Japan and Iran, respectively. Check Japan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 1739th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Karaj

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	Fukuoka	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$823

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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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554