Fukuoka vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$430	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$2738
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	80	72
😀 Quality of life	72	92
🏙️ Population	1.6M	620K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 30% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 5120th and 3353rd ($1057 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 271st 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 1.8 months in Leipzig. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 1739th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Leipzig

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	Fukuoka	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307