Fukuoka vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Fukuoka	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1162	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3045	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$475	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$381	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1344	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	81	95
😀 Quality of life	87	87
🏙️ Population	1.6M	4.04M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 10% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4702nd and 5212th ($1162 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 67th and 2nd in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Fukuoka ranked 10th best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 256th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs New Taipei

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	Fukuoka	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.48	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.52	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1023	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$642	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5481	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2558	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.96	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.09	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12612	$13786

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$1026
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$1026
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$1024
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$1025
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$1026
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$1021
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$1022
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$1023
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$1018
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$1020
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$1021
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$1015
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$1016
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$1006
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$1006
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$1007
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$1002
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$996
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$988
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$994
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$1003
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$995
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$998
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$1039
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$980
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$985
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$982
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$1014
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$984
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$975
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$982
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$982
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$979
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$980
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$994
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$972
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$971

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605