Fukuoka vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fukuoka	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2636	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$433	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1480	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	99
😀 Quality of life	90	96
🏙️ Population	1.6M	2.11M

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 58% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5335th and 916th ($1045 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 268th and 1st in Japan and France, respectively. Check Japan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Fukuoka compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Fukuoka ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 198th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/fukuoka/paris.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Fukuoka vs Paris infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/fukuoka/paris" target="_blank">Fukuoka vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Fukuoka vs Paris

Prices for goods and services in Fukuoka and Paris are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Fukuoka	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.34	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$762	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.2	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.9	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.86%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6366	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2783	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.85	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.6	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.7	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$336	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12561	$17184

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$943
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$942
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$936
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$937
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$944
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$931
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$943
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$943
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$927
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$954
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$924
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$955
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$940
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$965
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$890
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$852
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$968
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$958
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$969
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$939
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$881
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$856
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$820
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$976
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$977
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$966
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$903
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$956
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$984
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$880
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$859
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$843
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$934
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$866
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$862

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544