Fukuoka vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fukuoka	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1065	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2574	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$448	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1285	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	81	60
😀 Quality of life	75	89
🏙️ Population	1.6M	246K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 42% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5117th and 2519th ($1065 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st and 1889th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Fukuoka ranked 180th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 1848th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Louisville

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	Fukuoka	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.45	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.21	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.7	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5515	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.85	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.3	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.7	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12707	$15931

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$931
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$933
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$924
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$926
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$929
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$919
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$930
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$931
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$936
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$906
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$939
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$923
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$832
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$844
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$950
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$934
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$942
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$919
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$829
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$852
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$831
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$950
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$955
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$901
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$939
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$957
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$955
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$874
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$853
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$841
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$913
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$864
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$860

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017