Fukuoka vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$430	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$4771
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	80	99
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	1.6M	3.9M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 67% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 5120th and 80th ($1057 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 71st in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 1739th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Los Angeles

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	Fukuoka	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919