Fukuoka vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Fukuoka	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1018	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2453	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$427	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$201	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1557	$4016
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	60
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	1.6M	246K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 45% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5437th and 2604th ($1018 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 300th and 1876th 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 1.5 months in Fukuoka compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Fukuoka ranked 50th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 919th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Fukuoka	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.38	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$499	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.8	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.13%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6382	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2683	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$288	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11926	$16070

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$895
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$897
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$888
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$889
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$894
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$883
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$891
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$896
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$876
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$898
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$871
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$901
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$890
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$907
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$848
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$807
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$815
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$914
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$905
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$918
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$886
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$802
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$841
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$821
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$791
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$928
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$916
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$864
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$908
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$934
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$936
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$855
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$843
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$821
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$808
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$881
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$811
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$828
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$824

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035