Fukuoka vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fukuoka	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1057	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2609	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$430	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$670	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1287	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	80	92
😀 Quality of life	72	67
🏙️ Population	1.6M	9.21M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 9% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 5120th and 4604th ($1057 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 316th and 7th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Fukuoka ranked 215th best city to live in Japan vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 1739th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Mexico City

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	Fukuoka	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.67%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5198	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2448	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.3	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11983	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804